1st spacewalk for Chinese crew from Shenzhou-15

Chinese astronauts conducted the first extravehicular activity on Thursday since the construction of China’s first space station Tiangong was fully completed, state media reported.

The astronauts installed equipment outside the space station during the seven-hour long mission, during which they had to move between three different modules for the first time, CCTV reported.

The Shenzhou-15 crew was sent to space last November, becoming the fourth batch of astronauts onboard China’s first space station. The crew will conduct multiple extravehicular activities during its six-month stay in orbit, CCTV said.