China’s Shenzhou-18 crew completes first spacewalk

The Shenzhou-18 crew on board China’s orbiting space station completed their first spacewalk on Tuesday, according to the China Manned Space Agency.

During the 8.5-hour extravehicular activity(EVA), astronauts successfully installed space debris protection devices, among other tasks. This EVA marked the 15th spacewalk by Chinese astronauts during the space station’s application and development phase.