This is terrifying to watch.
, was a "slight fluctuation in the battery power of his suit."
"Oleg, you must return to the airlock as soon as possible because if you lose power, it is not only the pumps and the fan, you will lose comm," the mission's flight controller could be heard saying. "You have to go back."across six previous space walks, he was able to safely return to the Russian segment's Poisk airlock and was "never in any danger," according to NASA mission control.
The cosmonaut was able to hook up to space station power and had to await further instructions — a potentially hairy situation that played out like a horror movie, as both cosmonauts were operating in the pitch black of outer space, with only their space suit lights illuminating the scene in eerie video.
Artemyev is back inside Poisk - on Station power - and sounds fine. Matveev is still outside, and waiting for controllers to work on the forward plan. They got to 2.5 hours into the EVA.
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