First spacewalk at China's new Tiangong station

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 05, 2021 12:40 am

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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