August 18 – Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Genis Matveyev opened the hatch of the Russian Exploration module of the International Space Station on August 17 to begin their extravehicular mission, according to the Russian satellite news agency Rosatom.
Two Russian cosmonauts ended their spacewalk early due to problems with their space suits, according to a news release from the Russian space group.
The Russian space group said that the mission that could not be completed will be carried out during the next spacewalk.
Earlier, Artemiev suffered a space suit battery failure and was forced to return to the space station, and with the help of the ground flight control center, the space suit was connected to the power supply of the space station.
