Chinese Shenzhou-19 Astronauts Break U.S. Spacewalk Record

Shenzhou-9 spacewalk

Shenzhou-19 astronauts Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong perform extravehicular activities on the Tiangong space station.

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Chinese astronauts Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong have completed extensive extravehicular activities on the Tiangong space station lasting 9 hr. 6 min., according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). The spacewalk by the Shenzhou-19 mission crewmembers breaks the 8 hr. 56 min. record set by the U.S...
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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