Italian Samantha Cristoforetti became the first European astronaut to walk in space, having taken a walk outside the International Space Station.
According to El País, the This happened on Thursday afternoon. The Italian astronaut began, together with the Russian cosmonaut, Oleg Artemyev, a walk that can last up to 7 hours, more than 400 kilometers from the earth’s surface. The “route” can be followed through YouTube.
According to the European Space Agency, the two astronauts have special suits. The Russian has red stripes and the Italian has blue stripes. In this walk, called extravehicular activity, Oleg and Samantha will install workstation platforms and adapter hardware. A The tasks are related to the new European robotic arm.
This is the third spacewalk around the robotic arm that “brings new ways to operate automatic machines to the orbiting complex. You will be able to perform many tasks automatically or semi-automatically, it can be directed both from inside and outside the Station, and it can be controlled directly or programmed in advance”, explains the agency.
Source: Observadora
