In true “Brendan Byrne Home Improvement” (TM) fashion, the cosmonauts are now using tools for purposes other than their original intention. Making me proud, boys! pic.twitter.com/1EBOTBHOrG
— Brendan Byrne (@SpaceBrendan) December 11, 2018
Two Russian cosmonauts spent about 7.5 hours outside the International Space Station today. They cut through insulation on a Soyuz orbital module to try to find the outside of a hole that was apparently drilled during pre-launch preparations on the ground. They made a real mess of things, with insulation floating all over the place. (According to presumably informed tweets, the debris will probably de-orbit quickly — one hopes.)