Three exits will take place in January, one exit will take place in April, three more - in May, one-in June
MOSCOW, August 31. /TASS/. Eight spacewalks will be required in 2022 to complete flight tests and integrate the multi-purpose laboratory module (MLM) "Science". This is stated in the materials of the magazine "Russian Space" (the official publication of Roscosmos).
According to the materials, three exits will be held in January, they will be performed by cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov. One exit will take place in April (Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev or Sergey Korsakov with astronaut Matthias Mauer), three more - in May, one - in June.
The multi-purpose laboratory module "Science" was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on July 21, and on July 29 it docked to the ISS. MLM is intended for the implementation of the Russian program of scientific and applied research and experiments. After its commissioning, the Russian segment will receive additional volumes for the arrangement of workplaces and cargo storage, the placement of equipment for the regeneration of water and oxygen. With Nauka, Russian cosmonauts should get a second toilet, a cabin for a third crew member, as well as a European ERA manipulator, which will allow them to perform some work without going into outer space.