Astronauts start 2nd spacewalk outside space station
By Zhao Lei |
chinadaily.com.cn |
Updated: 2021-08-20 10:33
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During the three-day Shenzhou VII mission in September 2008, astronauts Liu and Zhai Zhigang carried out China's first spacewalk that lasted about 15 minutes.
The Shenzhou XII spacecraft was launched on a Long March 2F carrier rocket that blasted off on June 17 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China. The astronauts entered Tiangong later that day after the two spacecraft docked with each other, becoming the first inhabitants of the station.
