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Monday, August 22, 2011

Sergei Volkov and Alexander Samokutyaev begin to walk in space

Moscow:Sergei Volkov and Alexander Samokutyaev wearing Russian Orlan space special-K opened the door of the ISS at 14:50 pm local time, arriving 20 minutes of schedule, to begin to walk in space. Their activity was also broadcast by local television as reported by AFP on Wednesday (3 / 8),

Two cosmonaut (Russian astronaut) on Monday (1 / 8) and then start a 'space walk' or walk for six hours from the International Space Station (ISS). Both are assigned to deploy a mini satellite to commemorate Yuri Gagarin, and carrying out routine maintenance work.

Amateur radio expert on earth is expected to hear their signals. Portrait photographs of Gagarin and the 'father' of the Soviet space program Sergey Korolyev with the background of the earth will be displayed. The pair also move cargo from one another and the airlock to install a prototype laser communication systems.

According to the Russian space agency Roskosmos, they use a micro satellite that will be used for the experiments the students and also emit greetings in 17 languages ​​to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Gagarin's historic space flight on 12 April 1961 ago.

Sergei Volkov and Alexander Samokutyaev begin to walk in space