The Shenzhou-20 taikonaut crew on China’s orbiting space station completed their mission’s fourth round of extravehicular activities on Friday morning, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).<\/p>\n
The trio — Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie — worked for approximately six hours and had completed all tasks by 1:35 a.m. (Beijing Time), assisted by the space station’s robotic arm and ground-based researchers.<\/p>\n
Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie, tasked with conducting spacewalk operations, completed the installation of space debris protection devices and the inspection of external equipment, the CMSA said.<\/p>\n
The agency noted that this marked the first time that two members of China’s third batch of taikonauts had jointly carried out a spacewalk.<\/p>\n
To date, the orbiting Shenzhou-20 crew has completed four rounds of extravehicular activities — making it one of the two Chinese crews to have conducted the most extravehicular missions.<\/p>\n
The Shenzhou-20 crew has been in orbit for more than 150 days. As planned, they will also carry out a large number of scientific experiments and technological tests.<\/p>\n
The three taikonauts will celebrate the upcoming National Day (Oct. 1) and Mid-Autumn Festival (Oct. 6) on the Chinese space station Tiangong, the agency said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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