Astronauts start 2nd spacewalk outside space station

By Zhao Lei | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-08-20 10:33
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Screen image shows Chinese astronaut Tang Hongbo working inside the space station core module Tianhe on Aug 20, 2021. [Photo by Xu Bu/chinadaily.com.cn]

Chinese astronauts Nie Haisheng and Liu Boming have moved out of the Tiangong space station for the second extravehicular activity, or spacewalk, during their Shenzhou XII mission.

The China Manned Space Agency said on Friday morning that Major General Nie, the mission commander, opened the hatch of the airlock cabin at 8:38 am and then floated out with Major General Liu.

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