Shock moment for ISS cosmonaut |
“Let go of everything and come back!”
Shock moment on the ISS!
The Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev had to abort a field mission at the international space station ISS because of a technical problem. The Russian control center ordered the Russian back to the station, radioed him: “Oleg, you have to return to the airlock as soon as possible.”
The US space agency Nasa showed the scenes in their live broadcast. The control center instructed Artemyev several times: “Let go of everything and come back!” The 51-year-old, who together with his colleague Denis Matweyev completed a field mission to install cameras on the ISS, had previously had unusual voltage specifications for the battery in his space suit reported.
Despite the urgent return order in space, the control center reassured over the radio: “Please don’t worry, everything is okay.” The cool cosmonaut: “Me? worry me Absolutely not!” After regarding two hours of field work, he finally returned to the station.
The Russian space agency Roskosmos said the situation was under control. “He was in no danger,” said an expert from the US agency Nasa in the live broadcast. The second cosmonaut Denis Matveyev first helped his colleague to get into the lock, then he was ordered back to the ISS himself.
The astronauts got out of the station at around 3:53 p.m. CEST. Their field work was actually planned for a period of almost seven hours. Among other things, the cosmonauts should have installed two cameras. Three Russians, two Americans, one American and one Italian are currently working on the ISS.
Blue and yellow suits to greet you
Artemyev and the two Russian colleagues arrived on the ISS in March and met the German astronaut Matthias Maurer (52), among others – and immediately attracted attention.
Only a few weeks following the start of the Russian war once morest Ukraine, following greeting them, they slipped into a blue and yellow on-board uniform – a political statement, around 400 kilometers from their home planet, once morest the Kremlin tyrant Vladimir Putin (69)?
No – the choice of color turned out to be a coincidence. Finally, Roskosmos clarified: “In general, the choice is due to the fact that this is the corporate color of Moscow State Technical University. And all three crew members are graduates of this university.”
Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveyev and Sergey Korsakov are expected to complete their ISS mission on September 29th.
