Astronaut Wang Yaping turned the primary lady to stroll in area after she took half in Shenzhou-13 mission’s first extravehicular exercise with mission commander Zhai Zhigang. The astronauts of China’s Shenzhou-13 mission to the Tiangong area station module Tianhe took their first spacewalk on Sunday. (Screengrab/Twitter/@SpokespersonCHN)Astronaut Wang Yaping, a crewmember of China’s Shenzhou-13 mission, turned the primary lady from the nation to stroll in area on Sunday night.
The astronauts of China’s Shenzhou-13 mission to the Tiangong area station module Tianhe took their first spacewalk on Sunday. Wang Yaping, 41, took half within the mission’s first extravehicular exercise with mission commander Zhai Zhigang.A press release issued by China Manned Space Program stated, “The Shenzhou-13 astronaut crew will conduct their first outing activities on November 7, 2021, Beijing time. Astronauts Zhai Zhigang and Wang Yaping will carry out extravehicular operations in the “Flying” extravehicular suit, and astronaut Ye Guangfu will cooperate and support in the cabin. Currently, the outbound activity is underway and is expected to last 6 hours.”#WangYaping turns into the primary #Chinese lady to stroll in area. pic.twitter.com/lORhrgQHwh— Hua Chunying ??? (@SpokespersonCHN) November 7, 2021
According to a report in China Daily, Zhai opened the hatch at 6.51 pm (Beijing time) and by 8.28 pm, Zhai and Wang had exited the Tiangong area station. By midnight, they’d mounted new parts on the area station’s robotic arm and used it to apply extravehicular maneuvers and rescue operations.Shenzhou-13, that means “Divine Vessel” in Chinese, is Zhai and Wang’s second area mission and Ye’s first.According to China Daily, Wang is the second Chinese lady to have flown in area. She joined the People’s Liberation Army Air Force in August 1997. She served as a deputy squadron commander earlier than becoming a member of the second group of astronauts on the PLA Astronaut Division in May 2010.In March 2012, Wang was among the many backup crew for the Shenzhou-9 mission. In June 2013, she took half within the Shenzhou-10 mission, which lasted almost 15 days, in line with China Daily.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.