Spacewalking shortened due to the problem of the Russian cosmonaut’s space suit

NASA officials said in a live broadcast that cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev was not in danger at all. However, problems with the battery pack powering his space suit were enough for flight controllers to urgently return him to the space station and connect his suit to ISS power. According to Spacewalk’s comment, battery problems caused “voltage fluctuations” in the Artemiev spacesuit. broadcast live.

A Russian interpreter said in the live broadcast that Artemyev joked to flight controllers that he “felt better than when he started a spacewalk” after returning to the International Space Station.

Spacewalks are regular events aboard the International Space Station, where astronauts and cosmonauts – the Russian word for cosmonaut – have to leave the space station regularly for maintenance, science experiments, and other tasks. More than 250 spacewalks have been flown out of the orbiting space lab since it began operating nearly 20 years ago, and they are mostly problem-free.

This is the seventh space flight for Artemyev and the third for Matveyev. Both were wearing Russian-made Orlan spacesuits. The International Space Station also houses an American-made spacewalk spacesuit, or ExtraVehicle Mobility Module.

Both types of suits are designed to be completely independent, providing all the air that is the only barrier between astronauts and the deadly void in space during a spacewalk. It contains communication equipment, ventilation, and enough air to allow the astronauts to breathe for several hours.