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In keeping with the Russian focus of this site, the following is a summary of all completed ISS spacewalks undertaken by Expedition Crews wearing the Russian Orlan spacesuits. The spacewalks are linked to external reports at the relevant space agency pages.

VKD patch Cosmonaut Aleksei Ovchinin with his Orlan spacesuit

Russian ISS VKD patch; ISS-59 Flight Engineer Aleksei Ovchinin with his Orlan-MKS spacesuit (№ 4, blue stripes), 23/5/2019 (NASA).

ISS VKD/ВКД data
Crew Date Participants Duration Airlock Tasks Notes and external reports Number (sequential/Russian count)
ISS-2 8 Jun 2001
  • Yurii Usachyov (Orlan-M № 23)
  • James Voss (Orlan-M № 12)
19m (14:21-14:40) (внутри, vnutri, inside) Zvezda PKhO Installation of the cone cover on the transfer compartement of SM Zvezda on the −Y docking port to support the docking of cargo spacecraft/module Progress M-DC-1 to the ISS 1/N/A
ISS-3 8 Oct 2001 4h 58m (14:23-19:21) Pirs
  • Mating electrical connectors of the radio telemetry system Transit-B to support communications for Orlan spacesuits
  • Installation of egress device, four handrails on egress hatches, cargo boom GStM-1 and beams with AR-VKA and 2AR-VKA antennas of the Kurs radio system
  • Deployment of the docking target on DC-1 Pirs
2/1
15 Oct 2001 5h 52m (9:17-15:09) Pirs
  • Installation of three panels of the MPAC&SEED experiment and Kromka 1-0 tablet on SM Zvezda
  • Replacement of a plate with the Russian flag by a plate with the Kodak logo on DC-1 Pirs
3/2
12 Nov 2001
  • Vladimir Dezhurov (Orlan-M № 23)
  • Frank Culbertson (Orlan-M № 12)
5h 4m (16:41-21:45) Pirs
  • Laying and connecting cables of the Kurs RF-system between SM Zvezda and DC-1 Pirs
  • Testing cargo boom GStM-1
  • Examining the side of the SB-2 solar array on Zvezda which failed to fully deploy
4/3
3 Dec 2001 2h 46m (13:20-16:06) Pirs
  • Removing a sealing rubber ring from the docking port on the instrumentation and propulsion compartment of SM Zvezda, which was left there by cargo spacecraft Progress M-45 and was preventing the structural latching of Progress M1-7
  • Taking pictures of capacitor sensors of micrometeoroid control system on Zvezda
5/3a
ISS-4 14 Jan 2002
  • Yurii Onufrienko (Orlan-M № 14)
  • Carl Walz (Orlan-M № 12)
6h 3m (20:59-03:02) Pirs
  • Transfer of the cargo boom GStM-2 from the pressurized mating adapter PMA-1 onto DC-1 Pirs using cargo boom GStM-1
  • Installing ham radio antenna WA-3 onto SM Zvezda
6/4
25 Jan 2002
  • Yurii Onufrienko (Orlan-M № 14)
  • Daniel Bursch (Orlan-M № 12)
5h 59m (15:19-21:19) Pirs Installing six deflector shields on the attitude control thrusters, ham radio antenna WA-4, Platan-M hardware and cartridges SKK № 1-SM and SKK No.2-SM, examining window No.7, replacing tablet Kromka 1-0 with Kromka 1-1 of SM Zvezda, installing cartridge SKK No.1-DC on DC-1 Pirs 7/5
ISS-5 16 Aug 2002
  • Valerii Korzun (Orlan-M № 14)
  • Peggy Whitson (Orlan-M № 23)
4h 25m (09:23-13:48) Pirs Using cargo boom GStM-2 to transfer from the pressurized mating adapter PMA-1 and install onto SM Zvezda six additional micrometeoroid panels 8/6
26 Aug 2002
  • Valerii Korzun (Orlan-M № 14)
  • Sergei Treshchyov (Orlan-M № 23)
5h 21m (05:27-10:48) Pirs
  • Installing a restraint pad and four guides on handrails on FGB Zarya
  • Dismantling panel № 1 of the MPAC&SEED hardware and shifting panels № 2 and № 3
  • Replacement of the tablet Kromka 1-1 with Kromka 1-2
  • Installing ham radio antennas WA-1 and WA-2 and examining dismountable condenser sensor of the system for micrometeorid control on SM Zvezda
9/7
ISS-8 26-27 Feb 2004
  • Michael Foale (Orlan-M № 14)
  • Aleksandr Kaleri (Orlan-M № 23)
3h 56m (21:17-01:12) Pirs
  • Replacing removable cartridge SKK No.1-DC with SKK No.2-DC on DC-1 Pirs
  • Dismantling panel No.2 of the MPAC&SEED equipment and shifting panel No.3
  • Installing an anthropomorphic dummy Matryoshka-E and replacing SKK No.1-SM with SKK No.3-SM on SM Zvezda
  • The spacewalk was cut short due to a malfunction of the cooling system in Aleksandr Kaleri’s spacesuit caused by accidental compression of one of the pipes
  • Energiya
  • JSC
  • NASA
  • On-Orbit Status
10/8
ISS-9 24 Jun 2004
  • Gennadii Padalka (Orlan-M № 25)
  • Michael Fincke (Orlan-M № 26)
14m 22s (21:56-22:10) Pirs
  • The spacewalk was cut short due to an oxygen leak from the prime tank of Michael Fincke’s spacesuit
11/8a
30 Jun-1 Jul 2004
  • Gennadii Padalka (Orlan-M № 25)
  • Michael Fincke (Orlan-M № 26)
5h 40m (21:19-02:59) Pirs
  • Replacing the remote power controller module (RPCM) of the control moment gyro CMG-2 on the S0 Truss
  • Installing the pressure and precipitation control unit on DC-1 Pirs
12/8b
3 Aug 2004
  • Gennadii Padalka (Orlan-M № 25)
  • Michael Fincke (Orlan-M № 26)
4h 30m (06:58-11:28) Pirs
  • Replacing retrievable cartridge SSK No.2-SM with SSK No.4-SM and tablet Kromka 1-2 with Kromka 1-3
  • Dismantling six laser retroreflectors LSV and Platan-M equipment
  • Installing three upgraded laser retro reflectors LSV-M, videometer target and antennas WAS № 1, 2 of spacecraft-to-spacecraft RF link
13/9
3 Sep 2004
  • Gennadii Padalka (Orlan-M № 25)
  • Michael Fincke (Orlan-M № 26)
5h 21m (16:43-22:04) Pirs
  • Replacing removable panel No.1 of the flow controller and installing four safety tether fairleads on FGB Zarya
  • Installing three spacecraft-to-spacecraft RF-link antennas WAL № 1, 2, 3 on SM Zvezda
14/10
ISS-10 26 Jan 2005
  • Leroy Chiao (Orlan-M № 25)
  • Salizhan Sharipov (Orlan-M № 27)
5h 28m (07:43-13:11) Pirs
  • Installing on SM Zvezda the universal work platform URM-D and assembling on it the robotic arm “Robotik”
  • Transferring panel No.3 of the MPAC&SEED experiment and replacing it with a transceiver with TM/TC antenna
  • Installing Biorisk-MSN equipment on DC-1 Pirs
15/11
28 Mar 2005
  • Leroy Chiao (Orlan-M № 25)
  • Salizhan Sharipov (Orlan-M № 27)
4h 30m (06:25:20-10:55) Pirs
  • Installing three spacecraft-to-spacecraft RF-link antennas WAL № 4, 5, 6 and antenna assembly of the satellite navigation equipment ASN-M onto SM Zvezda
  • Manually launching an engineering research nanosatellite TNS-0 No.1
16/12
ISS-11 18 Aug 2005
  • Sergei Krikalyov (Orlan-M № 25)
  • John Phillips (Orlan-M № 27)
4h 58m (19:02-00:00) Pirs
  • Retreiving container No.1 of the Biorisk-MSN equipment from DC-1 Pirs
  • Dismantling panel No.3 of the MPAC&SEED equipment and anthropomorphic dummy Matryoshka-E
  • Installing a backup TV camera and replacing retreivable cartridge SKK No.3-SM with SKK No.5-SM on SM Zvezda
17/13
ISS-12 3-4 Feb 2006
  • William McArthur (Orlan-M № 25)
  • Valerii Tokarev (Orlan-M № 27)
5h 43m (22:40-05:19) Pirs
  • Launching minisatellite RadioSkaf (SuitSat) No.1
  • Relocating cargo boom adapter from FGB Zarya onto pressurized mating adapter PMA-3
  • Getting cable TUS-1 out of the emergency cutter on the zenith IUA unit of mobile transporter (MT)
  • Dismantling container № 2 of the Biorisk-MSN equipment from DC-1 Pirs
  • Monitoring the exterior of the Russian Segment (Panorama experiment)
18/14
ISS-13 1 Jun 2006
  • Pavel Vinogradov (Orlan-M № 25)
  • Jeffrey Williams (Orlan-M № 26)
6h 31m (22:48-05:19) Pirs
  • Installing a nozzle on the filler valve KZZ on the transfer compartment of SM Zvezda to assure proper venting of hydrogen from the oxygen generation system Elektron-VM
  • Retrieving tray Kromka 1-3
  • Dismantling the third container of the Biorisk-MSN equipment and the pressure and precipitation control unit from DC-1 Pirs
  • Replaced TV camera on the mobile transporter MBS of the US orbital segment
19/15
ISS-14 23 Nov 2006
  • Mikhail Tyurin (Orlan № 0240027 [27])
  • Michael Lopez-Alegria (Orlan № 0520025 [25])
5h 38m (00:17-05:55) Pirs
  • Conducting commercial experiment Golf on the ISS
  • Failed attempts to move the 2AO-VKA antenna of Progress M-58 into the closed position
  • Relocating the WAL-2 antenna of the vehicle-to-vehicle RF link
  • Installing the BTN detector unit
20/16
22 Feb 2007
  • Mikhail Tyurin (Orlan № 0240027 [27])
  • Michael Lopez-Alegria (Orlan № 0520025 [25])
6h 18m (10:27-16:45) Pirs
  • Releasing and retracting the 2AO-VKA antenna on Progress M-58 spacecraft
  • replacing a retrievable cartridge SKK No.5-SM with SKK No.9-SM on SM Zvezda
  • connecting a BTN detector unit
21/16a
ISS-15 30-31 May 2007
  • Fyodor Yurchikhin (Orlan-M № 0520025 [25], BRTA-13)
  • Oleg Kotov (Orlan-M № 26, BRTA-18 telemetry system)
5h 25m (19:05-00:30) Pirs
  • Transferring 17 additional debris shielding panels using cargo boom GStM-2 from the pressurized mating adapter PMA-3 to SM Zvezda and installling on it five panels
  • Laying and connecting a new high-frequency cable in order to restore the operation of the satellite navigation equipment on the ISS
22/17
6 Jun 2007 5h 37m (14:25-20:02) Pirs Installing the Biorisk-MSN equipment on DC-1 Pirs, laying and laying and connecting a cable of the station local are network ISL on FGB Zarya, installing 12 additional debris shield panels on SM Zvezda 23/18
ISS-17 10-11 Jul 2008 6h 18m (18:48-01:06) Pirs
  • Repairing Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft by mechanically demating one of the five locks connecting the descent vehicle and instrumentation and propulsion compartment
24/18a
15 Jul 2008 5h 54m (17:08-23:02) Pirs Installing a docking target onto transfer compartemnt of SM Zvezda and taking its pictures using cargo boom GStM-1, installing telescope spectrometer Vsplesk on the ISS, retrieving the first container of the Biorisk-MSN experiment 25/19
ISS-18 23 Dec 2008
  • Yurii Lonchakov (Orlan-M № 26)
  • Michael Fincke (Orlan-M № 27)
5h 38m (00:51-06:29) Pirs
  • Installing Langmuir probe
  • Retrieving the second container of the Biorisk-MSN experiment
  • Installing the IPI-SM hardware on SM Zvezda
  • Installing and subsequently removing EXPOSE-R hardware due to its failure to power up
26/20
10 Mar 2009
  • Yurii Lonchakov (Orlan-M № 26)
  • Michael Fincke (Orlan-M № 27)
4h 49m (16:22-20:11) Pirs
  • Removing arimide tapes from the area of the docking target and antennas AR-VKA and 2AR-VKA on DC-1 Pirs
  • Reinstalling and hooking up the EXPOSE-R hardware on SM Zvezda
  • Monitoring the condition of external surfaces and structural elements on the ISS Russian Segment under Panorama-2009 program
27/20a
ISS-20 5 Jun 2009
  • Gennadii Padalka (Orlan-MK № 5)
  • Michael Barratt (Orlan-MK № 6)
4h 54m (07:52-12:46) Pirs
  • Dismantling antennas 4AO-VKA, AR-VKA and 2AR-VKA of Kurs-P rendezvous and docking system on SM Zvezda
  • Connecting antenna cables
  • Taking pictures of antennas using GStM-2 cargo boom
  • Testing new Orlan-MK spacesuits
28/21
10 Jun 2009
  • Gennadii Padalka (Orlan-MK № 5)
  • Michael Barratt (Orlan-MK № 6)
12m (06:55-07:07) (внутри, vnutri, inside) Zvezda PKhO Replacing a flat cover with a conical cover on the upper docking port of SM Zvezda transfer compartment 29/N/A
ISS-22 14 Jan 2010
  • Maksim Suraev (Orlan-MK № 4)
  • Oleg Kotov (Orlan-MK № 5)
5h 44m (10:05-15:49) Pirs
  • Laying and connecting cables of the RF system Kurs and an Ethernet nework cable between SM Zvezda and MIM-2 Poisk
  • Installing a Kurs system antenna, docking targets, multi-layer insulation flaps and handrails on egress hatches on MIM-2 Poisk
  • Retreiving scientific equipment Biorisk-MSN from DC-1 Pirs
30/22
ISS-24 27 Jul 2010 6h 42m (04:11-10:53) Pirs
  • Replacing a TV camera on SM Zvezda propulsion compartment and subsequent jettisoniong of the old camera
  • Laying and connecting cables of MIM-1 Rassvet onboard equipment control system to SM Zvezda and the cables of the Kurs RF system of MIM-1 Rassvet to FGB Zarya
ISS Daily Report 31/23
ISS-25 15 Nov 2010 6h 28m (14:55-21:23) Pirs
  • Taking swab samples from the multi-layer insulation on SM Zvezda and DC-1 Pirs within the framework of the Test experiment
  • Installing on SM Zvezda a portable multipurpose worksation URM-D and dismantling the Robotik robotic arm
  • Installing a retrievable container cartridge SKK № 1-M2 on MIM-2 Poisk
  • Removing a TV camera from MIM-1 Rassvet on the side of the active docking port
32/24
ISS-26 21 Jan 2011 5h 22m (14:28:40-19:51) Pirs
  • Installing a high-rate data transmission system box on SM Zvezda
  • Dismantling scientific equipment IPI-SM and EXPOSE-R
  • Installing TV camera on MIM-1 Rassvet on the side of the passive docking port
33/25
16 Feb 2011 4h 50m (13:29:30-18:20) Pirs
  • Installing Foton-Gamma hardware and radiometry system RK-21-8 onto SM Zvezda
  • Dismantling and jettisoning the Yakor (“Anchor”) device
  • Removing Komplast panels No.2 and No.10 on FGB Zarya
34/26
ISS-28 3 Aug 2011 6h 21m (14:51-21:14) Pirs
  • Launching the microsatellite RadioSkaf-B
  • Installing and connecting the onboard laser commmunications terminal BTLS-N and dismantling the 4AO-VKA antenna of the Kurs RF system on SM Zvezda
  • Installing Biorisk-MSN equipment onto DC-1 Pirs
35/27
ISS-30 16 Feb 2012 6h 15m (14:31-20:47) Pirs
  • Transferring the cargo boom GStM-1 from DC-1 Pirs module onto MIM-2 Poisk
  • Installing two panels with specimens within the framework of the Vynoslivost experiment onto MIM-2 Poisk
  • Taking swap samples off the multi-layer insulation of SM Zvezda within the Test experiment
36/28
ISS-32 20 Aug 2012
  • Gennadii Padalka (Orlan-MK № 5 with BRTA-7)
  • Yurii Malenchenko (Orlan-MK № 6 with BRTA-9)
5h 51m (15:38-21:28) Pirs
  • Transferring cargo boom GStM-2 from DC-1 Pirs to FGB Zarya
  • Manual launch of the Sfera-53 satellite
  • Installing five additional meteoroid shield panels on the smaller diameter working compartment of SM Zvezda
  • Dismantling container No.1 of the Biorisk-MSN equipment and installing two struts of the egress device on DC-1 Pirs
37/29
ISS-35 19 Apr 2013 6h 38m (15:03-21:41) Pirs
  • Installing equipement of the first phase of the Obstanovka (“Atmosphere”) experiment and replacing videometer target on SM Zvezda
  • Dismantling container No.2 of the Biorisk-MSN equipment from DC-1 Pirs
  • Dismantling the first panel from the Endurance experiment (accidentally floated away from P.V. Vinogradov) from MIM-2 Poisk
38/30
ISS-36 24 Jun 2013 6h 34m (13:35-19:35) Pirs
  • Replacing the replaceable panel No.2 of the flow control regulator and installing holders and guides on FGB Zarya
  • Installing Indicator-ISS equipment and removing the second panel of the Endurance experiment from MIM-2 Poisk
  • Dismantling the Foton-Gamma hardware and installing soft handholds onto SM Zvezda
39/31
16 Aug 2013 7h 29m (14:39-22:05) Pirs
  • Installing a soft handhold between MIM-2 Poisk and FGB Zarya
  • Laying along Zarya four power cables and an Ethernet network cable for MLM Nauka
  • Installing a second panel of the Endurance experiment on Poisk
40/32
22 Aug 2013 5h 58m (11:34-17:32) Pirs
  • Dismantling the onboard terminal for laser communications BTLS-N
  • Installing an outboard workstation with a two-axis pointing platform, inspecting and tightening loose bolts on thermal protective covers of antennas for spacecraft-to-spacecraft communications link WAL and installing two soft handholds onto SM Zvezda
  • Taking swab samples off the surface of the egress hatch VL-2 of MIM-2 Poisk within the framework of the Test experiment
41/33
ISS-37 9 Nov 2013 5h 50m (14:34-20:24) Pirs
  • Taking an Olympic torch out into open space
  • Dismantling an anchor from the transfer compartment of SM Zvezda (it turned out to be impossible to install it in the right position on the outboard workstation)
  • Installing a removable rotary handhold on an outboard workstation
  • Dismantling a locking device from a two-axis pointing platform and disconnecting radiometry system RK-21-8 on Zvezda (its antenna could not be folded because of a problem with one of its two locks)
42/34
ISS-38 27 Dec 2013 8h 7m (13:00-21:07) Pirs
  • Installing an anchor on the outboard workstation
  • installing and subsequently removing Canadian high and medium definition cameras made by EarthCast because of a power supply failure
  • dismantling the removable rotary handhold from the outboard workstation
  • removing and jettisoning spectrometer telescope Vsplesk (“Surge”)
  • installing the «Сейсмопрогноз», Seismoprognoz (seismic forecast) equipment on SM Zvezda
43/35
27 Jan 2014 6h 8m (14:00-20:08) Pirs
  • Re-installing and connecting Canadian high- and medium-resolution cameras made by EarthCast onto SM Zvezda
  • Removing WIF adapter from the end effector on the B shoulder of the SSRMS robotic arm
  • Dismantling the removable cartridge/container SKK No.2-SO from DC-1 Pirs
44/36
ISS-40 19 Jun 2014 7h 23m (14:10-21:33) Pirs
  • Installing an active phased antenna array of the Unified Command and Telemetry System on SM Zvezda for communications with the ground via relay satellites of the Luch system
  • Relocating a second set of plasma wave equipment of the first phase of «обстановка», Obstanovka (“Atmosphere”) experiment
  • Taking swab samples from window No.2 within the framework of the Test experiment and replacing a load-carrying truss with a connection span, including re-installation of the antenna for high data rate transmission system and TM/TC transceiver and jettisoning of the load-carrying truss
45/37
18 Aug 2014 5h 11m (15:02-20:13) Pirs
  • Manually launching a Russian-Peruvian nanosatellite NS-1 (Chasqui-1)
  • installing EXPOSE-R2 equipment and taking swab samples from window No.13 within the framework of the Test experiment on SM Zvezda
  • installing a Plume Impingement and Deposit Monitoring unit
  • removing the second panel of the «Выносливость», Vynoslivost (“Endurance”) experiment and replacing the removable cartridge container SKK No.1-M2 with SKK № 2-М2 on DC-1 Pirs
  • dismantling container No.3 of the Biorisk-MSN equipment from Pirs
46/38
ISS-41 22 Oct 2014 3h 41m (13:24-17:05) Pirs
  • Dismantling and jettisoning the radiometry system РК-21-8 from SM Zvezda
  • Removing the protective cover from EXPOSE-R2 equipment
  • Dismantling and jettisoning antennas 2ASF1-M-VKA No.1 and No.2 of the Kurs RF system from MIM-2 Poisk
  • Taking swab samples from the window on the egress hatch VL No.2 within the framework of the Test experiment on DC-1 Pirs
47/39
ISS-44 10 Aug 2015 5h 31m (14:20-19:51) Pirs
  • Installation of soft handrails on SM Zvezda
  • Replacement of PCE AFD WAL6 antenna (plane II, SM WC small diameter)
  • Cleaning of window #2 (plane IV, SM WC)
  • Installation of antennas PCE AFD WAL1-WAL5 protective caps
  • Imagery of science hardware Expose-R
  • Removal of sensor unit of experiment «Обстановка», Obstanovka (“Atmosphere”) on SM and its delivery to DC-1 Pirs
  • Wipe sampling t from SA-IV, radiator panel of WC small diameter, plane IV and near the drainage valves of systems Vozdukh and Electron (SE Test)
  • Photography of the Electron system union, changing of orientation of pressure monitoring unit on MIM-2 Poisk
  • Photography of the external surface of the ISS RS
48/40
ISS-46 3 Feb 2016 4h 43m (12:56-17:39) Pirs
  • Jettisoning the flash-drive containing a video recording of TV messages for participants of All-Russian event SMS on the ISS: “70 Thousand Thanks”
  • Conduct of the Test experiment – wipe samples from the external surface of DC1 VL-1 and in window cover drive zone #8 were taken
  • Retrieval of monoblock Expose-R with multipurpose workstation (MWS-D) along plane II of SM large diameter TC and transfer to DC1, photo survey of samples
  • Retrieval of the removable cassette-container СКК/SKK #2-М2 and installation of cassette SKK #3-М2 on МIМ-2 Poisk
  • Installation of «Выносливость», Vynoslivost (“Endurance”) sample exposure unit #2 on МIМ-2
  • Photo survey and changing of Plume Impingement and Deposit Monitoring Unit (БКДО, VKDO) orientation on MIM-2 (rotation of 90°)
  • Installation of two gap spanners on conical part of FGB Zarya TCC-2 (plane III)
  • Performance of space experiment «Реставрация», Restavratsiya (“Restoration”) – installation of sample tray on the output exposure unit, application of film coatings on the samples using УНПП/UNPP, status monitoring of exterior surfaces and photo survey of the ISS RS structural elements
49/41
ISS-52 17 Aug 2017
  • Fyodor Yurchikhin (Orlan- MKS № 4) – note: first live in-orbit test of the upgraded MKS spacesuit version
  • Sergei Ryazanskii (Orlan-MK № 6)
7h 34m (14:36-22:10) Pirs
  • Deploying the TOMSK-TPU 120, TNS-0 No.2, TS530-ZERKALO nanosatellites, two Таnyusha-1 and 2 YUZGU nanosatellites
  • Performing imagery of removable cassette SKK No.9 installed on SМ Zvezda
  • Removing the mechanical adapter holding the «Реставрация», Restavratsiya (“Restoration”) experiment tray
  • Installing the Impakt experiment tray (investigating the intensity and function of spatial distribution in real conditions in the field of microthruster jet plume) on I plane of SM IC
  • Conducting imagery of the securing assembly and root drive of the high gain antenna (ONA) on SM IC
  • Mounting braces on МIM-2 Poisk and SM
  • Installing the adapter with thermometers TP228 on MIM-2 for exposure
  • Performing the Test space experiment (experimental study of possible development of microdestruction of ISS RS pressurized bodies)
  • Monitoring the state of external surfaces and photographing the structural elements of ISS RS
  • Panoramic shooting for TV company Russia Today
50/42
ISS-54 2 Feb 2018 8h 13m (15:34-23:47) Pirs
  • Removing device ShA317A-II from the antenna receiving unit (APB) of high gain antenna (ONA) and pushing it away from the ISS
  • Installing the receiving module of wideband communication system (ShSS) on ONA APB
  • Installing a bracket with connectors on DC-1 Pirs handle for exposure
  • Imagery of removable cassette SKK № 9 installed on SM Zvezda
  • Repositioning of the portable foot restraint on the egress facility of DC-1
51/43
ISS-56 15 Aug 2018 7h 46m (16:17-00:03) Pirs
  • Removal of the device with samples of microorganisms in the framework of the Test experiment
  • installation of scientific equipment for the Icarus experiment
  • Two nanosatellites (Tanyusha-SWSU) and two nanosatellites (SiriusSat) were launched
  • Filming on video a panoramic view of the Station space environment and the Earth’s surface
52/44
ISS-57 11 Dec 2018 7h 45m (15:59-23:44) Pirs Opening up MLI and MMOD shields in the vicinity of the hole on the outer surface of of the Orbital Module of Soyuz MS-09. The area with the hole was photographed and shot on video. The hole was inspected and samples were taken 53/45
ISS-59 29 May 2019 6h 1m (15:42-21:43) Pirs
  • Greetings to A.A. Leonov on the occasion of his 85th anniversary.
  • Installation of the crossover handrail between MIM-2 Poisk and FGB Zarya
  • Dismantling an adapter with brassboard sensors TP228 from handrail 6005 of MIM-2
  • Dismantling exposure facilities Test #15 and #16 on MIM-2
  • Taking wipe samples in the vicinity of the SM Zvezda valves СМВ-15, СМВ-39 within the framework of space experiment Test.
  • Removing panels #1 and #2 of space experiment “Endurance”
  • Cleaning the outer surfaces of the glass panels of the VL2 egress hatch window on MIM-2
  • Re-orienting the unit for monitoring pressure and deposition of contaminants on MIM-2
  • Removing a roll of cloth from SM handrail 2312
  • Disconnecting cables and dismantling measuring units PVK1 and PVK2 (plasma wave complex) from ShKD1 and ShKD2 (beam with a sensor set) of space experiment «Обстановка», Obstanovka (“Atmosphere”) with subsequent disposal by the push-away method
54/46
ISS-64 18 Nov 2020 6h 47m (15:12-16:59) Poisk
  • Checking egress hatch on MIM-2 Poisk module for leakage.
  • Cleaning outer surfaces of a window on SM Zvezda
  • Switching the telemetry system antenna Transit-B from DC-1 Pirs to Poisk.
  • Changing locations of sensors of the pressure and residue monitoring unit on Poisk.
  • Dismantling sample case No.1 of space experiment Impact and replacing it with sample case No.2 on Zvezda

MOSCOW, September 12 – RIA Novosti. The next spacewalk of Russian cosmonauts from the International Space Station, planned before the end of 2020, will be performed for the first time from a new module, a spokesman for the press service of Roscosmos told RIA Novosti. Currently, exits under the Russian program are carried out from DC-1 Pirs. In 2021, this module should be separated from the station and de-orbited to make room for the Science ( Nauka) module. After that, exits will be conducted from MIM-2 Poisk. ‘By the end of 2020, it is planned to exit MIM-2 ( Poisk module – ed.) for the first time in history, due to the nature of the work that the cosmonauts will perform in extravehicular activities,’ said a spokesman for the Roscosmos press service. According to a RIA Novosti source in the rocket and space industry, this exit under the designation EVA-47, which will be carried out by cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov and Sergei Kud’-Sverchkov, is tentatively scheduled for November.”

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ISS-65 2 Jun 2021 7h 19m (05:53-13:12) Poisk
  • Replacing fluid flow controller panel in the thermal control system of FGB Zarya
  • Installing equipment for space experiments Test and «Выносливость», Vynoslivost (“Endurance”) on the outer surface of MIM-2 Poisk module.
  • Moving the cargo boom from DC-1 Pirs to its stowage position on Poisk.
  • De-mating cables of the rendezvous and docking systems Kurs-P on SM Zvezda and Pirs under the program of preparations for receiving MLM Nauka
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ISS-65 3 Sep 2021 7h 54m (14:41-22:06) Poisk
  • Connection of power and Ethernet cables to MLM Nauka
  • Installation of gap spanner on Nauka instrument cargo compartment
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9 Sep 2021 7h 25m (14:51-22:16) Poisk
  • Completion of routing interface cables between SM Zvezda and MLM Nauka
  • Mounting the payload installation platforms for Biorisk-МSN experiment on the external surface of MIM-2 Poisk
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ISS-66 19 Jan 2022 7h 11m 25s (12:17:31-19:28:56) Poisk Integration of UM Prichal into the ISS RS and its preparation for docking of manned and cargo spacecraft:
  • Installed and connected the antennas of the Kurs-P passive rendezvous system on the outer surface of Prichal
  • Moved the TV camera
  • Laid TV cable
  • Mounted targets for docking ships
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ISS-67 18 Apr 2022 6h 37m (15:01-21:38) Poisk Integrate the ERA manipulator into the Russian segment of the ISS:
  • Installed and connected an external control panel for the ERA manipulator
  • Dismantled protective covers from three passive fixation devices and three base flight points
  • Mounted three handrails on the ERA
  • Removed the covers of screen-vacuum thermal insulation in the ERA elbow area
  • Installed a portable workstation adapter
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ISS-67 28 Apr 2022 7h 43m (14:58:34-23:41) Poisk
  • Removal of screen-vacuum insulation covers from the ERA manipulator
  • Preparing the end effectors and ERA elbow for operation
  • Installation of three handrails on ERA
  • Monitoring the movement of ERA end effectors to base flight points
  • In addition, Oleg Artem’ev and Denis Matveev deployed a copy of the Victory Banner in the Great Patriotic War, Знамени Победы в Великой Отечественной войне (Znameni Pobedy v Velikoi Otechestvennoi Voine) on MLM Nauka on the eve of Victory Day, Дня Победы (Dnya Pobedy). Artem’ev announced the idea of taking the Banner out into outer space a few days ago, and his initiative was supported at all levels. In addition, a small copy of the Banner of Victory and the St. George’s Ribbon were attached to Oleg’s spacesuit.
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ISS-67 21 Jul 2022
  • Oleg Artem’ev (Orlan MKS № 5)
  • Samantha Cristoforetti (Orlan-MKS № 4)
7h 4m (14:50-21:55) Poisk

Exit goal: launch of ten nanosatellites.

Exit Tasks:

  • Launch of eight YuZGU-55 nanosatellites and two Tsiolkovskii-Ryazan nanosatellites;
  • transfer of the platform with adapters from the Poisk module to the Nauka module;
  • installation of an adapter for the ERA manipulator on the Poisk module;
  • replacement of the frame with protective glasses for the CLU-2 video camera on the KE-2 end effector of the ERA manipulator;
  • transferring the external EMMI control panel by the ERA manipulator to the storage mode on the Science module;
  • closing the ERA manipulator mounting system on the Nauka module with screen-vacuum thermal insulation;
  • installation of bollards on cargo booms GStM-1 and GStM-2;
  • opening of the cargo boom of the GStM-2 from the Zarya module to the Poisk module.
  • 62nd Russian exit (planned VKD-ESA – not included in Russian VKD number sequence due to ESA involvement)
  • ESA: First spacewalk for Samantha Cristoforetti
  • NASA: Russian, European Spacewalkers Wrap Up Robotic Arm Excursion
  • NASASpaceflight.com: Russian spacewalk continues preps on Nauka module; forum thread
  • Роскосмос
  • TASS: The next spacewalk under the Russian program has been postponed from May to June due to problems with the ERA manipulator. This was reported to journalists by Sergei Krikalyov, Executive Director of Roscosmos for Manned Space Programs, on the sidelines of the Helirasha exhibition. “There is no exact date yet, June. Now we are dealing with the problems that have arisen. The main problem with the ERA manipulator: not everything works as expected,” said Krikalyov. During the step, the manipulator does not come to the end point.
  • They will continue to prepare the ERA remote manipulator for operation on the Russian segment of the ISS and manually launch ten small spacecraft – two Tsiolkovsky-Ryazan (№ 1–2) and eight YuZGU-55 (№ 5–12) created by students of the Ryazan Radio Engineering State University and the South-Western State University (Kursk) under the program of the scientific and educational experiment “Radioskaf.”
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ISS-67 17 Aug 2022 4h 1m (13:53-17:54) (truncated) Poisk

Exit Tasks:

  • installation of elbow cameras for additional viewing for the manipulator;
  • dismantled the launch ring from one of its two end effectors.
  • 63rd Russian exit (planned 54th, VKD № 54)
  • “Due to a drop in battery voltage in the Orlan-ISS spacesuit, Oleg Artem’ev, at the direction of the Mission Control Center near Moscow (part of the TsNIIMash of Roskosmos), returned inside the Poisk module and connected the spacesuit to the onboard power supply. The situation was under the control of Russian specialists and did not threaten the health of the cosmonaut. Denis Matveev also returned safely inside the station. The cosmonauts are in good health. Work in progress will be completed during the next spacewalk.” (Roskosmos)
  • NASASpaceflight.com: Russian spacewalk to end early as suit power issue appears; forum thread
  • Роскосмос
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ISS-67 2 Sep 2022 7h 47m 37s (13:25:07-21:13:12) Poisk

Exit Purpose: Getting the ERA European Remote Manipulator ready for use.

  • installation of a platform with adapters on the Nauka module;
  • transfer of the external EMMI control panel to the BTL-3 base flight point on the Nauka module and its connection;
  • installation of two soft handrails on the Nauka module;
  • adjusting the TRM drives on the end effectors KE-1 and KE-2 of the ERA manipulator on the Nauka module;
  • dismantling the starting ring from the KE-1 effector of the ERA manipulator on the Nauka module;
  • replacement of the frame with protective glasses for the CLU-1 video camera on the KE-1 effector of the ERA manipulator on the Nauka module;
  • test control of the ERA manipulator from the EMMI console on the Nauka module;
  • installation of a blocker on the cargo boom GSTM-1;
  • ejection from the ISS of launch rings dismantled from the ERA manipulator;
  • opening of the GSTM-2 boom from the Zarya module to the Poisk module (if there is time);
  • installation of a blocker on the GSTM-2 boom (if there is time).
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ISS-68 17 Nov 2022 6h 25m (14:39-21:07) Poisk

Exit tasks:

  • installation on the Rassvet module of the cargo boom adapter on the FRGF capture unit of the lock chamber;
  • release of nitrogen conservation pressure;
  • evacuation of the hydraulic circuits of the additional radiation heat exchanger;
  • dismantling of six couplers from the additional radiation heat exchanger;
  • installation of a blocker on the cargo boom GStM-2;
  • installation on the Nauka module means of fastening large-sized objects
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25 Nov 2022 (aborted before exit) 6h 37m Poisk The purpose of the exit: the transfer of an additional radiation heat exchanger by the European remote manipulator (ERA) from the small research module Rassvet. to the multipurpose laboratory module Nauka. Exit tasks:
  • Disconnection of the electrical cable between the additional radiative heat exchanger (RTOd)/радиационным теплообменником (РТОд) and the Rassvet module
  • Dismantling the plug from the docking device on the RTOd
  • Disclosure of four locks for fastening RTOd to the module Rassvet
  • Monitoring the transfer of the RTOd with the ERA manipulator from the Rassvet module to the Nauka module
  • Installing the ERA Manipulator Adapter on the Gateway camera on the Rassvet module
  • Removing the plug from the docking device on the module Nauka
  • Mechanical and hydraulic docking RTOd to the module Nauka
  • Connecting the electrical cable between RTOd and the module Nauka
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ISS-69 19 Apr 2023 7h 55m (01:41:13-09:35) Poisk The purpose of the exit (repeating the unfinished tasks from last time): transfer of the radiator by the European remote manipulator (ERA) from the Rassvet Mini-Research Module and its installation on the Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module. Exit tasks:
  • Disconnection of the electrical cable between the additional radiative heat exchanger (RTOd)/радиационным теплообменником (РТОд) and the Rassvet module
  • Dismantling the plug from the docking device on the RTOd
  • Disclosure of four locks for fastening RTOd to the module Rassvet
  • Monitoring the transfer of the RTOd with the ERA manipulator from the Rassvet module to the Nauka module
  • Installing the ERA Manipulator Adapter on the Gateway camera on the Rassvet module
  • Removing the plug from the docking device on the module Nauka
  • Mechanical and hydraulic docking RTOd to the module Nauka
  • Connecting the electrical cable between RTOd and the module Nauka
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3-4 May 2023 7h 10m 28s (20:01-03:11) Poisk

The purpose of the exit is to transfer the airlock using the ERA manipulator from MIM-1 Rassvet and dock it to MLM-U Nauka. Tasks:

  • Preparation of the lock chamber for transfer by disconnecting the communication cables with Rassvet;
  • Removing the cover of the screen-vacuum thermal insulation from the docking unit of the lock chamber;
  • Dismantling the protective cover from the UFP-4 passive fixation device and the casing from the target on the lock chamber and opening the fastening locks to Rassvet;
  • Visual control of the transfer of the lock chamber by the ERA manipulator and its docking to Nauka;
  • Connecting cables between the lock chamber and Nauka.
  • 67th Russian exit (planned 57th, VKD № 57)
  • Since March 1965, 73 cosmonauts of the USSR and Russia have carried out 168 exits, including 163 in Russian-made spacesuits.
  • NASASpaceflight.com: forum thread
  • Роскосмос: 3/5/2023; 4/5/2023
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12 May 2023 5h 14m 57s (15:46:50-22:01:47) Poisk Radiation heat exchanger (RTOd radiator) deployment, coolant loading (on MLM-U Nauka)
  • 68th Russian exit (planned 58th, VKD № 58)
  • Roskosmos, 24/4/2023: “The exit, previously scheduled for April 26, 2023, was postponed, tentatively, to the beginning of May due to the need for a more detailed study of its tasks. During the exit, the cosmonauts will have to ensure the transfer of the airlock using the ERA manipulator from the Rassvet module and its docking to the Nauka module. The airlock is designed to transport payloads overboard the ISS with the help of a manipulator and return them inside the station in the interests of the applied scientific research program.”
  • NASASpaceflight.com forum thread
  • Roskosmos, 12/5/2023: “During a spacewalk lasting 5 hours and 14 minutes, the cosmonauts dismantled two couplers from the radiator and opened its panels. Then they filled the hydraulic circuits of the radiator with coolant and combined them with the hydraulic circuits of the thermal management system of the Nauka module. Sergei Prokop’ev and Dmitrii Petelin also installed two halyards on the European remote manipulator ERA. In addition, they completed an additional task – they mounted two handrails between the Nauka and Prichal modules. It was the 68th Russian (58th planned) exit under the ISS project and the third one in 2023. For Sergei Prokop’ev, it was the sixth exit in a space career, for Dmitriiy Petelin - the fourth. Since March 1965, 73 cosmonauts of the USSR and Russia have carried out 169 exits, including 164 in Russian-made spacesuits.”
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22 Jun 2023 6h 24m (14:24-20:48) Poisk
  • Dismantling of the scientific equipment “Seismoprognoz”/«Сейсмопрогноз», the equipment of the high-speed information transmission system of the SVPI, the TM/TS transceiver, tablet № 2 of the “Impact”/«Импакт» experiment and the removable cassette-container SKK № 4-SM from Zvezda
  • Installation of equipment for a high-speed radio-technical information transmission system RSPI-M on Zvezda
  • Photographing the outer hull surface of Zvezda
  • Dismantling container № 1 of Bioisk-MSN equipment from Poisk
  • 69th Russian exit (planned 59th, VKD № 59)
  • NASASpaceflight.com forum thread
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9 Aug 2023 6h 34m 40s (14:44:37-21:19:17) Poisk
  • Prepare a portable workplace on Rassvet for moving by the ERA manipulator
  • Monitor the movement of a portable workstation by the ERA manipulator to Nauka
  • Installation of additional screens for micrometeoroid protection on Rassvet
  • Test movement of a cosmonaut on a portable workstation on the ERA manipulator
  • 70th Russian exit (planned 60th, VKD № 60)
  • NASASpaceflight.com forum thread
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Expedition 70 25 Oct 2023
  • Oleg Kononenko (Orlan MKS № 5)
  • Nikolai Chub (Orlan-MKS № 4)
7h 41m 30s (17:49:28-01:30:40) Poisk

In addition to the previously planned exit tasks, including the installation of a radar for observing the Earth’s surface on the Multi-purpose Laboratory Module Nauka and the launch of the student nanosatellite “Parus-MGTU”/«Парус-МГТУ» to test the technology for deploying a solar sail, the cosmonauts will have to inspect and photograph the leak site on the additional radiation heat exchanger on Nauka to determine the causes of its occurrence by specialists on Earth.

Disconnection of the hydraulic circuits of the additional radiation heat exchanger from the external hydraulic circuits of the MLM Nauka thermal management system on the ISS, inspection and photographing of the site of a coolant leak from the hydraulic circuit of the additional radiation heat exchanger that occurred on October 9, 2023, installation of a small-sized synthetic aperture radar as part of the experiment “Napor-miniRSA” on the passive fixation device UFP-2 on Nauka (the radar panels did not open completely), the launch of a nanosatellite as part of the Parus-MGTU experiment.

  • The cosmonauts disconnected the hydraulic circuits of the additional radiation heat exchanger, including the leaky one from which the coolant leaked on October 9, 2023, from the external hydraulic circuits of the thermal regime system of MLM Nauka. They examined and photographed the leak on the radiator so that specialists on Earth could determine the cause of the leak.
  • Installed the radar on the UFP-2 passive fixation device on Nauka and connected it. The small-sized synthetic aperture radar based on microstrip active phased array antennas is designed for Earth observation as part of the Napor-miniRSA/«Напор-миниРСА» (Napor-miniRSA) experiment (produced by Energiya) in the interests of environmental management, environmental control and monitoring of emergency situations.
  • Launched a student nanosatellite from Nauka in the interests of the Parus-MSTU experiment (produced by the N.E. Bauman Moscow State Technical University) to test the solar sail deployment technology.
  • This was the 71st Russian (61st planned) exit within the framework of the ISS project and the sixth in 2023. For Oleg Kononenko it was the sixth exit in his space career, for Nikolai Chub it was the first. Since March 1965, 74 cosmonauts of the USSR and Russia have carried out 172 spacewalks, including 167 in domestic spacesuits. (Roskosmos)
  • 71st Russian exit (planned 61st, VKD № 61)
  • NASASpaceflight.com forum thread
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Expedition 71 25-26 April 2024
  • Oleg Kononenko (Orlan MKS № 5)
  • Nikolai Chub (Orlan-MKS № 4)
4h 36m (15:00:39-19:33:46) Poisk
  • Scientific equipment “Kvarts”/«Кварц» and scientific equipment “TKK-KM”/«ТКК-КМ» were installed on Poisk (the Kvarts equipment is designed to study and control space corrosion on the ISS as part of the Kvarts-M experiment. It will make it possible to determine environmental parameters, identify the most critical zones and causes of space corrosion on the materials and structures of the station. The TKK-KM equipment is a transformable space structure made of polymer composite materials with a shape memory effect. During the Perspective-KM experiment, the structure is planned to be deployed for testing);
  • On Nauka, the second panel of the small-sized radar of the “Napor-miniRSA”/«Напор-миниРСА» experiment was fully deployed;
  • On Poisk, one of the two containers of the “Biorisk-MSN”/«Биориск-МСН», scientific equipment was dismantled (the Biorisk experiment studies the influence of space factors on the state of microorganism-substrate systems in relation to the problem of environmental safety space technology and planetary quarantine) and the pressure and deposition control unit – which measures the rate of deposition of contaminants on the outer surface of the ISS – was installed on a different position;
  • Swab samples were taken from the surface of Nauka in the interests of the “Test”/«Тест» experiment (which studies the possibility of developing microdestruction of structural elements of the Russian ISS modules under the influence of components of their own external atmosphere).
  • For Oleg Kononenko this was the seventh exit in his space career, for Nikolai Chub – his second.
  • 72nd Russian exit (planned 62nd, VKD № 62)
  • NASASpaceflight.com forum thread
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Next VKD
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Notes
  • Russian spacewalks were usually done from the Pirs airlock during its time of docking to the ISS (though they can also be done from Quest ) wearing Orlan suits. From 18 November 2020 spacewalks were done from the Poisk airlock after Pirs was undocked and deorbited.
  • Times are given in UTC/GMT, from hatch open to hatch close. The duration of a Russian VKD is calculated from switching the spacesuits to their stand-alone power supply to the start of airlock re-pressurization. (Russia is UTC +3 hours ahead.)
  • The chronology includes all depressurizations with pressures below 0.1 atm (76 mm Hg) with spacesuits on.
  • For Russian spacesuits, the duration of the VKD is considered from opening to closing the hatch; for American ones, from switching the spacesuits to autonomous power until the start of pressurization of the airlock.
  • Unscheduled/contingency Russian spacewalks are given the suffixes “a,” “b,” etc. (sequential letters if performed during the same Expedition), and are subtracted from the overall total. As of September 2022, these were: 3/12/2001, 26/6/2004, 30/6/2004, 22/2/2007, 10/7/2008, 10/3/2009, 2/9/2022.
  • VKDs that do not exit an airlock (referred to as внутри, vnutri, inside) are also not included as VKDs. As of April 2022, these were: 8/6/2001; 10/6/2009.
  • Orlan spacesuit colors: cream with red stripes; cream with blue stripes. The commander wears red stripes; flight engineers wear blue stripes, so on some EVAs both will be in blue (source).
  • NASA EMU colors: white with red stripes (usually worn by EV1) on the legs (which can be swapped between suits); plain white (EV2)

Orlan data

Orlan spacesuit stripe colors
Spacesuit number Stripe color First EVA use date on ISS
Orlan-M
23 Red stripes 8 Jun 2001
12 Blue stripes 8 Jun 2001
14 Blue stripes 14 Jan 2002
25 Red stripes 24 Jun 2004
26 Blue stripes 24 Jun 2004
27 Red stripes 26 Mar 2005
Orlan-MK (from 2009)
5 Red stripes 22 Jun 2009
6 Blue stripes 22 Jun 2009
4 Blue stripes 14 Jan 2010
Orlan-MKS (from 2017)
4 Blue stripes 17 Aug 2017
5 Red stripes 15 Aug 2018
Orlan spacesuits: cumulative time on the ISS
Number Ship Delivery date First use Last use Disposal Total Hours
Orlan-M
12800 12 (blue stripes) Zvezda 26 Jul 2000 8 Jun 2001 (IVA) 25 Jan 2002 Progress M-50 7 31:01
12800 23 (red stripes) Zvezda 26 Jul 2000 8 Jun 2001 27 Feb 2004 Progress M1-11 8 + 1 32:39
12800 14 (blue stripes) Progress M-SO1 17 Sep 2001 14 Jan 2002 27 Feb 2004 SuitSat 5 + 1 25:42
05200 25 (red stripes) Progress M1-11 31 Jan 2004 24 Jun 2004 6 Jun 2007 Progress M-01M 13 65:53
11300 26 (blue stripes) Progress M1-11 31 Jan 2004 24 Jun 2004 10 Mar 2009 Progress M-02M 11 61:25
02400 27 (red stripes) Progress M-49 27 May 2004 28 Mar 2005 10 Mar 2009 Progress M-02M 10 49:46
Orlan-MK
11700 04 (blue stripes) Progress M-65 12 Sep 2008 14 Jan 2010 3 Feb 2016 14 91:15
10800 05 (red stripes) Progress M-66 12 Feb 2009 10 Jun 2009 22 Oct 2014 14 77:54
10800 06 (blue stripes) Progress M-02M 24 Apr 2009 10 Jun 2009 2 Feb 2018 16 100:41
Orlan-MKS
3 Progress MS-04 1 Dec 2016 – not delivered due to launch failure of Progress N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
4 (blue stripes) Progress MS-05 22 Feb 2017 17 Aug 2017 25-26 April 2024 21 161:12:53
5 (red stripes) (TASS article: Orlan-MKS modifications; NPP Zvezda photos) Progress MS-09 10 Jul 2018 15 Aug 2018 25-26 April 2024 18 145:25:53
Notes
  • Suit Orlan-M № 25 developed a leak and spare parts arrived on Progress M-58 (two new arms which were attached by Mikhail on 14 November) and a new leg was brought up on M-59. This prolonged the suit’s life until December 2007 (originally to expire December 2006).
  • Orlan-MK № 1 (red stripes): used for destructive tests
  • Orlan-MK № 2 (blue stripes): used for tests
  • Orlan-MK № 3 (red stripes): used for tests; on display in the Zvezda Museum
  • Orlan-MKS № 3 – not delivered due to launch failure of Progress
  • Orlan № 4 (blue stripes)

Cosmonauts on the ISS will receive a new batch of spacesuits for spacewalks

Roskosmos, 3/5/2023

Research and Production Enterprise Zvezda named after Academician G.I. Severin – by order of the Rocket and Space Corporation Energiya named after S.P. Korolyov (part of the Roskosmos State Corporation) – will manufacture a new batch of Orlan spacesuits for spacewalks from the Russian segment of the International Space Station. One suit is planned to be produced in 2024, and two more in 2025. They will be made using domestic materials. To continue the operation of the two Orlan-MKS spacesuits currently in use, spare parts have been created and are being delivered to the station.

Glossary

EVA
Extra-Vehicular Activity
IVA
Intra-Vehicular Activity – remain in a module but in vaccum wearing a spacesuit
«Орлан-М»
Orlan-M
“Sea Eagle” (Russian spacesuit)
ВКД, VKD
Внекорабельной Деятельности
Bnekorabel’noi Deyatel’nosti
Out-of-ship activities
Внутри
Vnutri
Inside (IVA)
Выход в открытый космос
Vykhod v otkrytyi kosmos
Going out into open space

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