Russian cosmonauts will go into space for the first time in 2022 on January 19

“In accordance with the schedule of work on the Russian segment of the International Space Station, the 51st scheduled spacewalk (VKD No. 51) is scheduled for January 19, 2022.

It will be performed by the Russian crew members of the ISS-66 expedition, Roscosmos cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov,” the corporation noted.

The opening of the exit hatch of the Poisk module is planned at 15.00 (Moscow time), and the exit itself will last 6 hours and 40 minutes.

Earlier, the Director General of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said that in 2022, five launches of the Soyuz rocket were planned from the Vostochny cosmodrome.