Chinese astronauts have performed the country's first 'tandem spacewalk' that involved them working for seven hours outside the Tiangong space station. The final two parts of the space station are expected to launch in 2022. 'The safe return of astronauts Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo to the Tianhe core module marks the complete success of the first spacewalk in our country's space station construction,' the Chinese space agency said in a station. They were supported from inside the station by the mission commander Nie Haisheng, a decorated air force pilot who is on his third space mission. They will deliver two lab modules to expand the station, along with supplies and astronauts that will conduct experiment for Chinese scientists.

Source: Daily Mail July 05, 2021 10:18 UTC