Russian cosmonauts spacewalk outside International Space Station for a 7-hour mission

Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev ventured outside the International Space Station (ISS) on April 28, 2022, to activate a robotic arm attached to the Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory module. The main tasks of the spacewalk included the removal of thermal blankets covering the arm and the release of its launch locks. Footage distributed by Nasa showed Artemyev and Matveev waving goodbye to the thermal blankets as they tossed them into space.