On June 2, 2021, Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novickiy and Pyotr Dubrov performed the extra vehicle activities (EVA – spacewalk) to wrap up preparations for detaching the two-decades-old Pirs airlock and docking compartment next month, clearing the way for the long-planned arrival of a new laboratory module. The EVA lasted 7 hours and 19 minutes (from 05:53 till 13:12 UTC). It was the first EVA for both cosmonauts.