The 36-foot (11-meter) robot arm arrived at the space station last summer aboard a Russian lab. of Americans with the Russian Mir Space Station, a pilot on STS-84, the Commander of STS-93. “You know, the start was so excellent," Matveev said as he made his way back inside, with some of the robot arm installation work left undone. Reflections of a Space Pioneer: A Conversation with Col.
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The cosmonauts managed to install cameras on the European Space Agency's new robot arm before the trouble cropped up, barely two hours into a planned 6 1/2-hour spacewalk. Although Matveev's suit was fine, Russian Mission Control cut the spacewalk short since flight rules insist on the buddy system. Matveev, in fact, remained outside for another hour or so, before he, too, was ordered to wrap it up. Russian scientist, philosopher and science writer. Writer and visionary enthusiast of space exploration. NASA said neither man was ever in any danger. Pioneer of the Russian rocketry and space program Tolmachev, Viktor Grigorievich, Director General, Votkinskiy Zavod (As of 2006) Tsander, Fridrikh Arturovich. The memoirs of Academician Boris Chertok, translated from the original Russian, fills that gap. The hatch remained open as his spacewalking partner, Denis Matveev, tidied up outside. Much has been written in the West on the history of the Soviet space program but few Westerners have read direct first-hand accounts of the men and women who were behind the many Russian accomplishments in exploring space.
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Russian Mission Control ordered Oleg Artemyev, the station commander, to quickly return to the airlock so he could hook his suit to station power. A Russian spacewalker had to rush back inside the International Space Station on Wednesday when the battery voltage in his spacesuit suddenly dropped.