Two spacewokers at the International Space Station (ISS) activated the new robotic arm of convenience for the first time on Thursday, 28 April.
Russian Cosmonots Oleg Artemev and Dennis Matwave concluded their spacewalk at ET at 6:40 am outside the ISS, spending the time working on the European Robotic Arm (ERA).
The era came to the station in July last year, but it remained covered with thermal blanket till Thursday.
NASA shared two cosmonots footage (below) a few 250 miles above the Earth, as he had left the robotic arm with his restraint before his first workout.
Station's new robotic arm @Esa Nauka is released on its module with its restraint and is now in speed. https://t.co/yuotryn8cv pic.twitter.com/5h7phorxum
– International Space Station (@Space_Station) 28 April, 2022
It has been a long time to reach this stage. The ERA was designed over 30 years ago, and in the last 20 years various technical issues recalled the ISS three planned missions.
But now the European Space Agency (ESA) engineers can eventually celebrate the first activity of the hand in space.
The new robotic arm is about 11 meters long, weighing 1,390 pounds (630 kg), and contains seven joints that offer high level of mobility.
Era will be used mainly to install, remove and replace payloads and large components; Transfer the small payload inside and outside the station through the Russian airlock; Transport spacewokers “like cherry-peak crane” from one part of ISS to another; And monitor and inspect the exterior of the space station using your four cameras.
While the space station already has two operating robotic weapons – Canada's Canaderm 2 and Japanese use module remote manipulator system – ERA is first deployed outside the Russian section of the ISS, and therefore the spacewackers will give more and more access to the maintenance and upgrade work outside the convenience.
“The Smart Spacewoker” was dubbed, the new hand, according to the ESA, is according to “Walk for Walking”, as it has the ability to move the hand-over-hand between certain base points.
The agency said about its new ISS component, “European robotic arm will bring more skills for more freedom, greater flexibility and space operation,” the agency said about its new ISS component.
The work will take five spacewalks in all the work to completely turn the era. The first of these took place last week and included the installation of a control room. Thursday was the second and the space involves the inclusion of the hand for the first time, while the third spacewalk is currently scheduled for May.
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