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Chinese astronauts Ye Guangfu and Li Guangsu set a new record with an 8.5-hour spacewalk on the Tiangong space station, installing a space debris protection device and conducting inspections. This milestone, part of the Shenzhou 18 mission, underscores China's advancing space capabilities and proactive measures against space debris.
Chinese astronauts Ye Guangfu and Li Guangsu set a national record with an 8.5-hour spacewalk outside the Tiangong space station, installing space-debris protection gear and inspecting equipment. This marks the first EVA for the Shenzhou 18 mission, which launched in late April and is expected to conduct numerous scientific and technical activities.
Chinese astronauts Ye Guangfu and Li Guangsu set a new national record by spending 8.5 hours outside the Tiangong space station during a spacewalk, surpassing previous Chinese spacewalking durations. They installed a space debris protection device and inspected extravehicular equipment. This was the first EVA for the Shenzhou 18 mission, which launched in late April and is expected to conduct numerous scientific experiments and technical tests.
The Shenzhou-18 crew has been conducting various scientific experiments aboard the China Space Station since April 26, including life science and ecological studies with zebrafish and hornwort, and combustion research. They have observed abnormal behaviors in zebrafish due to microgravity and completed several technical tasks related to combustion and material experiments. The astronauts also perform regular exercises to counteract the physiological effects of microgravity.