August 20, 2014
Categories: ISS, Roscosmos, Space
Spacewalk Performed as Planned

On August 18, Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev performed a spacewalk.  The cosmonauts started working at 18.02, Moscow time, and successfully completed the tasks in accordance with the time schedule.

The hatch was closed at 23.12, Moscow time, the spacewalk lasted for 5 hours and 10 minutes.

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