Spacewalkers Provide ISS European Robot Arm With Control Panel

Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on April 18.
Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—Spacewalking cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev equipped the European Space Agency’s (ESA) 37-ft.-long robot arm with a control panel during an April 18 spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS). The robot arm is part of the latest Russian-launched Nauka Multipurpose...
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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