The spacewalk of Russian cosmonauts Sergei Prokopiev and Dmitry Petelin will take place on April 19 TASS With reference to Roscosmos.
“For the period of April 7-9, according to the flight schedule of the Russian division of the station, the following was completed: preparation for a spacewalk (VKD-56) according to the Russian schedule, scheduled for April 19.” says report.
Previously at Roscosmos and the Russian Academy of Sciences declaration On the development of flight plans to Mars following the rejection of cooperation expressed by the European Space Agency (ESA).
Roscosmos said that although earth science lost the ExoMars-2022 mission, Russia did not give up on its plans to conquer the Red Planet. Also, the department said it was aware of ESA’s plans to independently ship the rover in 2028, two to four years after the ExoMars-2022 program envisioned.
The government agency noted that they wish success to ESA.