The 2nd spacewalk by the Chinese astronauts was a great success.
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State media reported that two Chinese astronauts took a four-hour spacewalk outside the country's growing station to work on its newest module.
The spacewalkers began their walk at 1:35 a.m. on Saturday. At 1:35 p.m., the sun rises. Beijing time) outside the Tiangong space station and worked on its new Wentian laboratory module for 4 hours and 12 minutes.
The installation of extravehicular assistance handles and the extended pump set of the load circuits were performed by astronauts Cai and Chen. The extravehicular rescue capability was verified by them. Chen is in charge of the station's 14th mission.
The astronauts are testing a new module.
Two weeks ago, the first out of the Wentian module, with Chen, was assisted from inside the space station. In 2012 she became China's first female astronaut when she was on the mission to the space lab.
The Wentian arrived on the space station and has been configured by the crew from China. On July 24th, China launched the Wentian module. The station's number of modules was doubled when it docked with the core module.
According to Chinese officials, Wentian's addition will allow for as many as six people to be hosted at once. The first ever handover is expected to take place in December.
According to Chinese officials, the space station is estimated to be 20% the mass of the International Space Station. Due to U.S. restrictions, China does not participate in the activity.
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