Astronaut Wang Yaping becomes the first Chinese woman to complete a spacewalk as part of the Shenzhou-13 crew supply mission to China’s first long-term space station, Tiangong
Chinese astronaut Wang Yaping successfully completes the first space walk of the Shenzhou-13 crew as part of the Tiangong space station's ongoing construction.
Wang stepped out of the main module of the Chinese Tiangong space station along with another crew member on Sunday night to complete a 6.5 hour equipment installation. "This marks the first extravehicular activity of the Shenzhou-13 crew, and it is also the first in China's space history involving the participation of a woman astronaut," CMSA said.The spacewalk was the first since the arrival of the three-member team at the space station on October 16.Sunday's operation came just weeks after Wang, Zhai and their third team member, Ye Guangfu, blasted off from the Jiuquan launch centre in northwestern China's Gobi desert.
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