Shenzhou-19 Crew Prepares for First Spacewalk | China Space Station
The Shenzhou-19 crew is about to conduct their first extravehicular activity at the Tiangong Space Station. In addition to conducting space science experiments, the three crew members are intensively preparing for their upcoming extravehicular (EVA). This will also be the first EVA for China's post-90s generation astronauts.
The crew members—Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong, and Wang Haoze—were sent to the Tiangong Space Station on October 30, 2024, for a six-month mission.
China's new generation spacesuits for station spacewalks, introduced in 2021, each weigh 120 kilograms, about twice the weight of a Chinese astronaut (taikonaut). Once trained, they can put on or take off the spacesuit within 3 minutes.
China's earliest Feitian spacesuit was used on Shenzhou 7, worn by taikonaut Zhai Zhigang during China's first-ever spacewalk on September 27, 2008. The improved version of the Feitian spacesuit now used aboard the Tiangong Space Station was first tested on Shenzhou 12's EVA, on July 4, 2021.
During their flight, the three Shenzhou-19 astronauts will conduct 86 space science research and technology experiments, covering fields, such as space life sciences, basic microgravity physics, space material science, aerospace medicine, and new aerospace technologies.
Duration: 2 minutes
Release Date: Dec. 16, 2024
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