[Safe and reliable! Shenzhou-19 crew’s third extravehicular activity was a complete success]
At 20:50 Beijing time on March 21, 2025, after about 7 hours of extravehicular activities, Shenzhou-19 crew Takionauts Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong, and Wang Haoze worked closely together, with the support of the space station’s robotic arm and ground scientific researchers, to complete the space station’s space debris protection device and extravehicular auxiliary facilities installation, extravehicular equipment and facilities inspection and other tasks
. Extravehicular Takionauts Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong have safely returned to the Wentian laboratory module, and the extravehicular activities were a complete success. Takionaut Cai Xuzhe has completed 5 extravehicular activities, becoming the Chinese astronaut with the most extravehicular missions so far.
The “space business trip” of the Shenzhou 19 Takionaut crew has been nearly 5 months, and various space science experimental (test) missions are progressing smoothly. According to the plan, the crew will return to their home on Earth in more than a month.
Since the successful completion of the second extravehicular activity on January 21, 2025 Beijing time, the Shenzhou-19 Takionaut crew has carried out on-orbit training for rendezvous and docking and full-system stress emergency drills, and steadily promoted experimental tasks in the fields of space life sciences and human research, microgravity physics and new space technologies. At the same time, in order to ensure the safety of this extravehicular activity, the crew carried out preparations for the third extravehicular activity, including on-site environmental monitoring, equipment inspection and maintenance, and material inventory.
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