EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY Screen image taken at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on July 4, 2021 shows Chinese astronaut Liu Boming conducting extravehicular activities out of the space station core module Tianhe. XINHUA PHOTO
EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY Screen image taken at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on July 4, 2021 shows Chinese astronaut Liu Boming conducting extravehicular activities out of the space station core module Tianhe. XINHUA PHOTO


BEIJING, CHINA: Two astronauts conducted China's first tandem spacewalk on Sunday, working on the outside of their nation's new Tiangong station in orbit around Earth.

Three Chinese astronauts blasted off in June, docking at the space station where they are to remain for three months in China's longest crewed mission to date.

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