November 12, 2021
Wang Yaping, 41, became China's first female astronaut to conduct a spacewalk on Sunday.
Wang and her mission commander Zhai Zhigang – both members of the Shenzhou-13 crew – conducted their first extravehicular activities (EVAs) since they entered the space station core module Tianhe in mid-October, according to the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO).
The operations started at 6:51 p.m. (Beijing Time), when Zhai opened the hatch of Tianhe's node cabin.
At 8:28 p.m., the pair stepped out of the cabin, both wearing the country's self-developed "Feitian" extravehicular spacesuits, while their crewmate Ye Guangfu remained inside the core module to aid their operations.
(Sources: China Report)
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