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Washington — One United States of two astronauts working outside the International Space Station on Wednesday, an electrical problem with their spacesuits forced Moscow ground control to end a normal spacewalk early, according to Russian officials. After being forced to do so, they safely returned to the laboratory's airlock. It lasted for nearly 3 hours. Moscow flight controllers ordered the cosmonauts to return to the space station airlock immediately.
"Oleg, drop everything and come back," as heard on his live feed of space-to-ground audio, an air traffic controller warns of his Moscow mission. urged Artemyev from the control of. "Drop everything and start returning immediately. Go back and connect to station power."
Artemyev returned to the airlock and connected his suit to space station power.
Russian air traffic controllers said Denis Matveyev, another spacewalker, returned the robot arm he was upgrading to its proper position overboard. You have chosen to end your activity early.
Artemyev "was never in danger," said NASA spokesman Rob Navias.
The space station is a football-field-sized laboratory in low-Earth orbit that has served the International Astronaut Crew for more than 20 years with Russia, the United States, Japan, Canada, and the European Space Agency. counts as the primary user of labs that have housed members. (Reporting by Joey Roulette; Editing by Chris Reese and Alex Richardson)
