Sep 2, 2021
Eight spacewalks will be required in 2022 to complete flight tests and integrate the Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM). This is stated in the materials of the Russian Space magazine (the official publication of Roscosmos).
Cosmonaut spacewalk
According to the materials, three exits will take place in January, they will be performed by cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Peter Dubrov. One exit will take place in April (Oleg Artemiev and Denis Matveev or Sergei Korsakov with astronaut Matthias Mauer), three more in May, one in June.
Nauka (Science) Multipurpose Laboratory Module
The Nauka multipurpose laboratory module was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome on July 21, and on July 29 it docked to the ISS. MLM is intended for the implementation of the Russian program of scientific and applied research and experiments. After its commissioning, the Russian segment will receive additional volumes for the arrangement of workplaces and storage of goods, placement of equipment for the regeneration of water and oxygen. With Nauka, Russian cosmonauts should receive a second toilet, a cabin for a third crew member, and a European manipulator ERA (in violet on the animation), which will allow them to perform some work without going into outer space.
Related links (in Russian):
ROSCOSMOS Press Release: https://www.roscosmos.ru/32396/
EVA: https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/vkd/
Nauka: https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/nauka/
International Space Station (ISS): https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/mks/
Image, Animation, Text, Credits: ROSCOSMOS/NASA/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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