Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev returned to work outside the International Space Station on Friday as part of an EVA (extravehicular activity, or spacewalk) to continue outfitting the European Robotic Arm (ERA) on the Nauka laboratory module for activation and regular use.
Friday’s spacewalk served as a follow-up to an EVA that Artemyev and Matveev participated in on August 17. Work was stopped prematurely that day after a power issue manifested on Artemyev’s Orlan spacesuit two hours and 17 minutes into the spacewalk.