Second spacewalk by Chinese astronauts

Beijing, July 4

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Chinese astronauts on Sunday successfully carried out the second spacewalk in the country’s history as two of the three astronauts stepped out of the orbiting space station core module for seven hours and completed the designated tasks, China’s space agency said. Sunday’s mission was also China’s first spacewalk outside the space station.

China launched three male astronauts — Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming, and Tang Hongbo — into space in June. Boming and Hongbo, stationed in the space station core module Tianhe, ventured outside to conduct the first extravehicular activities of their current mission, while Nie stayed in the cabin to assist them. — PTI