"Mom, I put on my hat" - Russian astronaut during spacewalk

A sign with these words was featured in a live Roscosmos broadcast last night during the installation of a radio telescope on board the ISS.

A 42-year-old cosmonaut from Sergei Kud-Sverchkov from the Moscow region.

“This is a form of psychological relief for relatives,” the commentator leading the broadcast clarified.

This is the cosmonaut's second flight to the ISS. And his second spacewalk. Together with his colleague from Irkutsk by Sergei Mikaev he set The Russian Zvezda module installed a solar observation radio telescope, dismantled obsolete equipment, and retrieved microbial samples from long-term spaceflights for further study. The astronauts completed this entire task in 6 hours and 6 minutes (36 minutes longer than planned).

Video: Roscosmos