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Shenzhou-20 astronauts complete second spacewalk to enhance Tiangong station
China’s Shenzhou-20 astronauts complete second spacewalk to enhance Tiangong space station Two Chinese astronauts conducted an extravehicular activity outside the Tiangong space station Thursday, marking their second spacewalk in five weeks.
Astronaut Chen Zhongrui opened the Wentian module hatch at 3:04 a.m. Eastern (0704 UTC) June 26, beginning activities, ascending to the tip of Tiangong’s robotic arm. The six-month-long Shenzhou-20 mission began April 24, with launch on a hypergolic propellant Long March 2F rocket from Jiuquan spaceport in northwest China, seeing the spacecraft dock at Tiangong around 6.5 hours later. The international event suggests an expansion of soft power outreach and diplomacy efforts using China’s human spaceflight activities, whereas most Tiangong classrooms have engaged with Chinese students.
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