NASA to broadcast live coverage of the Russian spacewalk

On Wednesday, August 17, NASA will broadcast live coverage of a spacewalk with two Russian cosmonauts.

The mission is to continue outfitting the European robotic arm on the Nauka laboratory of the International Space Station.

Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev will embark on the six-and-a-half-hour journey from the station’s space-facing Poisk module.

The European arm will be used to transport payloads and equipment outside of the station’s Russian segment.

It will work alongside the Canadian-built Canadarm2 robotic arm and the Japanese arm, both of which are already supporting station maintenance, operations, and research.