The astronauts, alongside representatives of Thales Alenia Space, were tasked with evaluating the module's ergonomics and habitability as part of a milestone dubbed Human-in-the-Loop (HITL).

The Weazer habitation module is purportedly 100% self-sufficient for energy and water supplies. Electricity is provided by a rooftop PV array and water comes from filtered and sterilized rainwater.

As a source in the domestic space industry told TASS, the spacewalk’s main task is to inspect a hole on the external surface of the habitation module of the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft MOSCOW ...