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[b]Cosmonauts complete spacewalk[/b] Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev concluded their spacewalk on Friday (Sept. 2) at 5:12 p.m. EDT (2112 GMT) after 7 hours and 47 minutes working outside of the International Space Station. Artemyev and Matveev completed their major objectives, which included relocating an external control panel for the European robotic arm from one operating area to another and testing a rigidizing mechanism on the arm that will be used to facilitate the grasping of payloads. In addition, the duo extended a Strela telescoping boom from the Zarya module to the Poisk module. Additional spacewalks are planned to continue outfitting the European robotic arm and to activate Nauka's airlock for future spacewalks. The arm will be used to move spacewalkers and payloads around the Russian segment of the station. This was the eighth spacewalk at the station in 2022 and the 253rd for space station assembly, maintenance, and upgrades. Artemyev now ranks tenth on the worldwide list of total spacewalk time at 53 hours and 32 minutes on eight EVAs. Matveev now has logged 26 hours and 7 minutes on his four spacewalks.
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