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Chinese astronauts to conduct extravehicular activities for second time

Xinhua | Updated: 2021-08-17 19:20

Astronauts salute the Chinese people after they enter Tianhe, the core module of the Chinese space station, on June 17, 2021. After the Shenzhou XII spacecraft successfully completed a fast automated rendezvous and docking with the orbiting Tianhe module, the crew entered the orbital capsule. [Photo/Xinhua]

BEIJING - China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced on Tuesday that astronauts currently in China's space station core module Tianhe will carry out extravehicular activities for a second time within the next few days.

The three Chinese astronauts have been working and living in orbit for two months. They were sent into space on board the Shenzhou-12 spaceship and entered Tianhe on June 17.

The astronauts are in good condition and the combination of the core module, the spaceship and the Tianzhou-2 cargo craft is operating stably, the CMSA said.

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