Russian Spacewalkers Complete ISS Nauka Module Upgrade

Mark Carreau May 12, 2023

Roscosmos spacewalkers Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin work outside the International Space Station’s Roscosmos segment.

Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—Two Russian cosmonauts conducted a more than 5-hr. spacewalk outside the International Space Station on May 12 to complete a round of upgrades to the Russian segment Nauka multipurpose laboratory module. Sergey Prokopyev and Dmetri Petelin deployed and activated a radiator moved from the...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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