China’s Shenzhou-20 astronauts complete second spacewalk to enhance Tiangong space station

Two Chinese astronauts conducted an extravehicular activity outside the Tiangong space station Thursday, marking their second spacewalk in five weeks. Astronaut Chen Zhongrui opened the Wentian module hatch at 3:04 a.m. Eastern (0704 UTC) June 26, beginning activities, ascending to the tip of Tiangong’s robotic arm. Mission commander Chen Dong, wearing a Feitian EVA suit with blue stripes, joined his colleague two hours later. Wang Jie, formerly an engineer with the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), assisted operations from within Tiangong. More

(Source: SpaceNews - Jun 30)