Overview

• Cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub completed a spacewalk on April 25, 2024, deploying a synthetic radar communications system and installing corrosion analysis equipment.
• The spacewalk, planned for seven hours, was completed in just over four hours, demonstrating efficient task management.
• This marks the seventh spacewalk for Kononenko and the second for Chub, contributing to the ISS's ongoing maintenance and upgrades.
• The radar system, a key component for monitoring Earth's environment, was successfully activated after a previous installation issue was resolved.
• The cosmonauts also conducted additional tasks including the rotation of a plume impingement unit and the collection of biological exposure experiments.