Shenzhou-15 taikonauts complete their first spacewalk
STORY: Shenzhou-15 taikonauts complete their first spacewalk
DATELINE: Feb. 10, 2023
LENGTH: 00:00:53
LOCATION: Beijing
CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the extravehicular activities
STORYLINE:
The Shenzhou-15 taikonauts on board the orbiting Chinese Tiangong space station completed their first spacewalk at 12:16 a.m. (Beijing Time) on Friday, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
Fei Junlong and Zhang Lu, together with Deng Qingming who worked inside the space station to support his crewmates, collaborated to pull off all set tasks. Fei and Zhang have since safely returned to the Wentian lab module.
During the extravehicular activities (EVAs) lasting about seven hours, they completed several tasks, including the installation of the extension pumps outside the Mengtian lab module.
These were the first EVAs conducted after the completion of the Chinese space station. The Shenzhou-15 crew, as planned, will carry out several spacewalks in the future, said the agency.
Xinhua News Agency c
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