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Shenzhou-21 astronauts complete third spacewalk, mission extended by a month

Shenzhou-21 astronauts complete third spacewalk, mission extended by a month
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Shenzhou-21 astronauts complete third spacewalk, mission extended by a month China's Shenzhou-21 astronauts conducted an extravehicular activity outside the Tiangong space station Thursday, installing debris-protection hardware and inspecting the orbital outpost.

China's Shenzhou-21 astronauts conducted an extravehicular activity outside the Tiangong space station Thursday, installing debris-protection hardware and inspecting the orbital outpost.

Shenzhou-21 astronauts Zhang Lu and Wu Fei completed the approximately 5. 5-hour spacewalk, or EVA, at 1:36 p. m. Eastern (1736 UTC) April 16 (0136 April 17 Beijing time), returning to the Wentian experiment module's airlock.

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