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July 20th, 2023
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China’s Shenzhou-16 crew completed their first spacewalk, installing and adjusting camera devices outside the Tiangong space station, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
The taikonaut spacewalkers were mission commander Major General Jing Haipeng and spaceflight engineer Colonel Zhu Yangzhu. Professor Gui Haichao, the mission’s science payload specialist, stayed inside the space station to provide support.
After their eight-hour spacewalk, Jing and Zhu returned to the Wentian science module.
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Returning in November
While this was the first spacewalk by the crew, this was the 13th spacewalk carried out by Chinese astronauts.
China’s Shenzhou-16 crew.
Image credit: CCTV/Inside Outer Space screengrab
The CMSA said that Jing and Zhu, among tasks, mounted a support frame for a panoramic camera outside the Tianhe core module. The twosome also unlocked and moved two panoramic cameras outside the Mengtian science module.
The Shenzhou-16 trio arrived at China’s Tiangong space station on May 30, expected to remain in Earth orbit for a five-month stint in space, returning to Earth in November.
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