Equipment and a replacement ventilation system for the Chinese space station were installed during the field operation.
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China is currently building its own space station. Chinese astronauts have now completed the second field mission since construction began in space.
Liu Boming and Not Haisheng left the space station. The third crew member, Tang Hongbo, stayed in the station’s core module to support his colleagues.
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The spacewalk lasted 4 hours. First became a Platform on the robot arm installed on the station. This means that devices and equipment can be transported more easily to the desired locations on the station.
After that, a Heat control pump Installed. This is a backup system in case the ventilation system pump in the station should fail. Furthermore, a Bracket for a panorama camera installed near the hatch. This is to improve the camera’s viewing angle. Actually, it would have been used outside 5 hours should take, the astronauts were finished an hour earlier than planned.
Largest spaceship ever built by China
The station’s core module is called Tianhe (“Heavenly Harmony”) and was on 28. April sent into space. With 16 meters long, 4 meters wide and 22 tons Weight, it is the largest spaceship China has ever built. Should be next year the modules Wentian and Mengtian that will give the space station a T-shape.
It is planned that the current crew will return to Earth in mid-September. This is the longest manned mission in space that China has ever completed.
