Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Petr Dubrovnik flew into open space from the International Space Station (ISS). The launch is broadcast on the Roscosmos site.
The spacewalk is carried out as part of the integration of the new Science multipurpose laboratory module. Astronauts need to connect it to the power supply.
Search module exit hatch. At 5:41 p.m. Moscow time, Dubrovnik opened. From the crew's negotiations with Earth, it became known that when removing the connector covers from the power cables on the 'Science' one cover flew off, but Dubrovnik was able to grab it and put it in a trash bag.
Dubrovnik also called the transition to the new module a historic moment. In total, cosmonauts will spend about seven & nbsp; hours and five & nbsp; minutes in an open space. & Nbsp;
Reminder, the Science module; launched towards the ISS from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Proton-M July 21 rocket. On July 29, she successfully moored at the ISS. The module started to be built in 1997 and was due to launch in 2007, but it was not done at the agreed time. & Nbsp;
Previously, it was reported that Russian cosmonauts launched the first experiments in the multipurpose laboratory module.