China's Tianhe astronauts to conduct second extravehicular activities


A staff member takes videos of a screen image showing Chinese astronauts onboard the Shenzhou-12 spaceship entering the space station core module Tianhe, at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing, capital of China, June 17, 2021. - Xinhua

BEIJING (Xinhua): China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced on Tuesday (Aug 17) that astronauts currently in China's space station core module Tianhe will carry out extravehicular activities for a second time within the next few days.

The three Chinese astronauts have been working and living in orbit for two months. They were sent into space on board the Shenzhou-12 spaceship and entered Tianhe on June 17.

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