Spacewalking Cosmonauts Install Space Station Orbital Debris Shield

Mark Carreau August 09, 2023
Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—Two Russian cosmonauts installed three orbital debris shields to the exterior of the International Space Station’s (ISS) Russian segment Rassvet, or Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1), during a more than 6 1/2-hr. spacewalk on Aug. 9. The 19.7-ft.-long Rassvet module was launched to the ISS in...
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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