Russian Cosmonauts Prepare for Spacewalk | International Space Station

Russian Cosmonauts Prepare for Spacewalk | International Space Station

Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev or Russia, Expedition 74 commander and flight engineer respectively, are pictured inside the Poisk module's airlock preparing to try on their Orlan spacesuits. The duo was preparing for a spacewalk to install a solar radiation experiment and remove biological exposure hardware on the outside of the International Space Station.

Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov (left) and Sergei Mikaev (right) of Russia, Expedition 74 commander and flight engineer respectively, are pictured inside the Poisk module's airlock trying on their Orlan spacesuits as flight engineer Sophie Adenot of European Space Agency (ESA) assists them. The duo was preparing for a spacewalk to install a solar radiation experiment and remove biological exposure hardware on the outside of the International Space Station.

Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev or Russia, Expedition 74 commander and flight engineer respectively, are pictured inside the Poisk module's airlock preparing to try on their Orlan spacesuits.

Expedition 74 emblem

In these images, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev of Russia, Expedition 74 commander and flight engineer respectively, can be seen inside the Poisk module's airlock trying on their Orlan spacesuits as Expedition 74 flight engineers, NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and European Space Agency Sophie Adenot, assist them.

Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev of Russia exited the International Space Station at 10:18 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, beginning a spacewalk to remove two completed science experiments from the Poisk and Nauka modules and to install a new solar radiation-measuring device on the Zvezda service module. 

The spacewalk is planned to last about five hours. Kud-Sverchkov is wearing an Orlan spacesuit with red stripes, and Mikaev is wearing a suit with blue stripes.

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Expedition 74 Crew
Station Commander: Sergey-Kud Sverchkov (Russia)
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Andrey Fedyaev, Sergei Mikaev

European Space Agency Flight Engineer: Sophie Adenot

NASA Flight Engineers: Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Chris Williams

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Image Credits: Roscosmos, ESA/Sophie Adenot
Image Date: May 22, 2026

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