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Chinese astronauts make history with spacewalk in new station
By: Rafael Ramos
On: 7/7/2021
Astronautas chineses realizam a missão
Reprodução
China's first paired spacewalk was undertaken by astronauts Boming Liu and Hongbo Tang. A third crew member, Haisheng Nie, supervised the mission from the inside. The mission was carried out last Sunday (4). The team was sent on the mission to maintain the module's robotic arm, installing components that could help in future missions. A second outing is expected to take place in the coming weeks.
Astronauts did the work on the outside of Tiangong, the Chinese space station. According to the China Space Agency, the mission lasted nearly seven hours.
Astronauts wore state-of-the-art suits while installing equipment that will be used in future missions, among other tasks.
The module was launched in April 2021 and China's idea is to turn the module into a space station for research, so new complexes must be coupled in the future.
According to the China Space Agency, the mission lasted nearly seven hours.
"The safe return of astronauts Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo to the Tianhe core module marks the complete success of our country's first space station walk," the space agency said in a statement.
This is the longest manned mission in China, with the team starting the mission in June and is expected to return to Earth before the end of the year. Watch the mission video at the link below.
Rafael Ramos
Aviation enthusiast from an early age, he had his first contacts with the area developing that good old habit of spending dozens of hours in front of the screens of Micrsoft Flight Simulator and other simulators. With a solid background in various technological areas, including engineering and chemistry, Rafael has rejoined aviation as editor and author of articles and materials on our portal, providing invaluable help to the dynamics and expansion of the website and the aeronautical community, bringing us the news and updates so indispensable for us to remain current in our area of operation.
   
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