Artemiev returned from outer space to the ISS due to battery problems

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemiev returned to the airlock compartment of the International Space Station (ISS) due to problems with the battery of his spacesuit, nothing threatens his health, reported the press service of Roscosmos in the Telegram channel.

Roscosmos clarified that in the airlock compartment, he connected to the file to provide power to the spacesuit. “The situation is under control of the Mission Control Center near Moscow. The situation does not threaten the health of the cosmonaut, ”the message says.

Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemiev and Denis Matveev began the spacewalk from the ISS, they were supposed to continue preparing the ERA manipulator for work. Earlier, RIA Novosti, with reference to the broadcast of the spacewalk reportedthat ground services recommended that Artemyev return to the station due to low battery voltage, which is fraught with loss of communication. Flight Director of the Russian Segment of the ISS Vladimir Solovyov told him to “immediately go into the hatch and dock to the station.”

As the agency reported, the Russian management of the ISS flight accepted the decision to complete the spacewalk of both cosmonauts.

On July 12, Dmitry Rogozin, head of Roscosmos, said that Russian cosmonauts would not use the European ERA manipulator installed on the Russian Nauka module. About this he wrote in your Telegram channel. “In turn, I give a command to our crew on the ISS to stop working with the European ERA manipulator. Let Aschbacher himself and his boss Borrell fly into space and do at least something useful in their lives, ”he wrote in response to the statement of the head of the European Space Agency (ESA) Josef Aschbacher about the termination of cooperation with Roskosmos on the ExoMars project .