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 Nie Haisheng slipping out of the space station core module Tianhe to conduct extravehicular activities on Aug 20, 2021 [Photo by Xu Bu/chinadaily.com.cn]

The Shenzhou XII mission crew carried out their first spacewalk on July 4, with Liu and Tang flying outside the spacecraft for seven hours to test the large robotic arm, install equipment and adjust an external panoramic camera. That was the second spacewalk Chinese astronauts had ever made.

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