China Conducts First Tianhe Spacewalk 

Tianhe
Chinese astronaut outside Tianhe carrying out construction work.
Credit: Chinese state media
Two Chinese astronauts have completed the first extravehicular activity (EVA) outside the Tianhe core module, marking China’s first spacewalk since the Shenzhou-7 mission in 2008. Astronauts Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo debuted the new second-generation extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) suits named...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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