RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS CONDUCT SPACEWALK TO ACTIVATE NEW STATION ROBOTIC ARM

Expedition 67 cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev conducted the first in a series of spacewalks April 18 outside the International Space Station to install a control panel for a new European robotic arm attached to the Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module and activate the arm. The European robotic arm launched on Nauka, and will be used to move payloads and spacewalkers around the Russian segment of the complex.