1. A week later, Solovyev and Vinogradov will don spacesuits and attempt to re-enter the airless Spektr module in a bid to reconnect the power cables. 2. During their excursion, the two men will don spacesuits modified to allow work in low-temperature conditions that astronauts will encounter when they assemble a space station. 3. However, he is not currently scheduled to don a spacesuit. 4. The repair excursion will require Tsibliev and Lazutkin to don spacesuits and climb into a closet-sized compartment adjacent to Spektr. 5. The Russians have forged plans for a new crew of cosmonauts to don spacesuits for excursions into the airless module and outside the station to make repairs. 6. Then they will don their spacesuits and go through a hatch into the connecting crew lock, where the air is removed with a Russian-designed pump. 7. Wolf followed in the footsteps of Americans Mike Foale and Jerry Linenger in donning Russian spacesuits. 8. As he donned a spacesuit Friday, Solovyov cemented his position as the most experienced spacewalker of all time. 9. Indeed, in donning a spacesuit Friday, Solovyov was cementing his position as the most experienced spacewalker of all time. 10. Next week they plan to don spacesuits for a simulated repair effort on a mock-up of the Mir that is submerged in a tank of water. |