New record of walking in space

At the age of 59, a Russian astronaut became the oldest person ever to walk in space, when he proceeded to install equipment outside the International Space Station (ISS) at the weekend.

Pavel Vinogradov set a new record when walking in space with his colleague Roman Romanenko on April 19, according to SpaceFlightNow.

Russian astronaut Pavel Vinogradov (middle). (Photo: Reuters)

Two engineers had nearly 7 hours suspended outside the station to assemble experimental equipment.

However, this record mission of Vinogradov astronaut is not smooth. He lost control of a device weighing 3kg and it was swept away.

Experts at Johnson Space Center in Houston (USA), assured that the direction of "escape" of the device is likely to fall from the future trajectory of ISS, and it will gradually be burned in the atmosphere. .

The initial scheduled time of this walk is only about 6 hours, but two engineers have to take more time because of a broken device, according to RIA Novosti news agency.

Experts have prepared an experiment to study plasma waves and the effect of space weather on the Earth's ionosphere.