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China’s Shenzhou-20 astronauts have wrapped up their 4th series of extravehicular activities, spacewalking outside the country’s Tiangong space station.

According to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA), Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie worked for roughly six hours in space, completing a set of assigned tasks and aided by Chen Dong inside the facility, along with ground controllers.

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The duo completed the installation of debris protection devices and the inspection and maintenance of external equipment, according to the CMSA.

This crew has been in orbit for more than 150 days, entering the space station on April 25 for a mission expected to last around 6 months.

China’s Tiangong space station as imaged by MAXAR satellite.
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