This marks a big milestone in their space program.
Seven-Hour Walk
Chinese astronauts have successfully completed the country’s first spacewalk outside of the new Tiangong station — marking a big milestone for China’s space program.
Two astronauts, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo, performed the seven-hour spacewalk on Sunday morning, according to The Guardian. While this is the first spacewalk completed outside of Tiangong, it’s actually the second spacewalk ever conducted by Chinese astronauts with the first occurring in 2008.
“The safe return of astronauts Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo to the Tianhe core module marks the complete success of the first spacewalk in our country’s space station construction,” said the China Manned Space Agency in a statement attained by The Guardian.
Completing Upgrades
The astronauts were tasked with completing a number of upgrades and installations to the station’s core module during their spacewalk. This included installing foot stops on…