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Total EVAs: | 2 | ||
Total EVA time: | 10h 27m |
No. | Date | Together with | Time | Main tasks and notes |
1 | 23.12.2008 | M. Fincke | 5h 38m |
Deploying and retrieve several Russian
experiments on the station's exterior and installing a device to measure
electromagnetic forces imparted on station hardware as the complex moves
through low Earth orbit |
2 | 10.03.2009 | M. Fincke | 4h 49m |
Installing of EXPOSE-R, a European experiment
that exposes seeds and spores to the space environment |
Russia and the U.S. define
EVA
differently. Russian cosmonauts are said to perform
EVA
any time they are in vacuum in a space suit. A U.S. astronaut must have at
least his head outside his spacecraft before he is said to perform an
EVA. |