The crew of China’s sixth mission, Shenzhou 17, to the Tiangong space station, performed their first spacewalk. They were faced with the task of eliminating damage to solar panels. This has been reported Web site China National Space Administration (CSMA).
The operation was carried out by mission commander Tang Hongbo and his colleague Tang Shengjie. They remained outside the station for approximately 7.5 hours. They were helped by Jiang Xinlin, who controlled the robotic arm from the control panel inside Tiangong.
Taikonauts had to repair and test the solar panel after it was damaged by micro meteorites.
According to Dong Nanli, deputy chief designer of the Chinese human spaceflight program, the taikonauts successfully completed a new type of work that included repairing the station. Previously, members of previous Tiangong missions had only left the orbital base to install and configure equipment.
The Chinese leadership plans to actively use the Tiangong space station for at least 10 years.
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