GLOBALink | Shenzhou-14 taikonauts perform third spacewalk-Xinhua

GLOBALink | Shenzhou-14 taikonauts perform third spacewalk

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Editor: huaxia

2022-11-17 15:23:01

 

BEIJING, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Shenzhou-14 crew on board the orbiting Chinese Tiangong space station is conducting their extravehicular activities for the third time, according to the China Manned Space Agency.

Commander Chen Dong and Cai Xuzhe perform the spacewalk while Liu Yang stays inside the core module to support her crewmates.

They will work together to conduct several extravehicular operations, including the installation of equipment to link modules.

This is the seventh spacewalk by taikonauts in the space station. It is expected to last 6.5 hours, the agency said.

 

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