BEIJING: Two Chinese astronauts on Saturday embarked on a spacewalk from a new space station that is set to be completed later this year. kai zuse And Chain State media said the dong’s installed pumps, a handle to open the hatch door from outside in an emergency, and a foot-stop to fix an astronaut’s feet into a robotic arm.
China is building its own space station after the US pulled out of the International Space Station as its military runs the country’s space program.
US officials face a number of strategic challenges from China’s space ambitions, in an echo of the US-Soviet rivalry that inspired the race to the Moon in the 1960s.
The latest spacewalk was the second during a six-month mission that will oversee the completion of the space station. The first of the two laboratories, a 23-ton module, was added to the station in July and the second is to be sent later this year.
the third member of the crew, liu yangSupported the other two from inside during the spacewalk. liu And Chen did the first spacewalk about two weeks ago.
They will be joined by three more astronauts near the end of their mission, which will be the first time six people will be aboard the station.
In 2003, China became the third country to send a person to space. the Soviet Union and the United States. it has sent rovers to the moon and Mars planet and brought back lunar samples Earth,
China is building its own space station after the US pulled out of the International Space Station as its military runs the country’s space program.
US officials face a number of strategic challenges from China’s space ambitions, in an echo of the US-Soviet rivalry that inspired the race to the Moon in the 1960s.
The latest spacewalk was the second during a six-month mission that will oversee the completion of the space station. The first of the two laboratories, a 23-ton module, was added to the station in July and the second is to be sent later this year.
the third member of the crew, liu yangSupported the other two from inside during the spacewalk. liu And Chen did the first spacewalk about two weeks ago.
They will be joined by three more astronauts near the end of their mission, which will be the first time six people will be aboard the station.
In 2003, China became the third country to send a person to space. the Soviet Union and the United States. it has sent rovers to the moon and Mars planet and brought back lunar samples Earth,