
On the 13:32 hours on March 2nd, 2024, Beijing time, after about 8 hours of extravehicular activities, Shenzhou 17 Takionauts Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie, and Jiang Xinlin Close coordination, with the cooperation and support of the CNSA- China National Space Administration Tiangong- China space station’s robotic arm and ground scientific researchers, completed all set tasks. Astronauts Tang Hongbo and Jiang Xinlin have safely returned to the Wentian experimental module, and the extravehicular activity was a complete success.

Based on the last EVA maintenance test, this EVA focused on completing the repair work on the solar wing of the Tianhe core module, eliminating the impact of the early impact of tiny particles in space. After evaluation and analysis, the solar panel wing power generation performance is normal. . This is the first time that Chinese astronauts have completed the maintenance task of extravehicular facilities of an orbiting spacecraft. During the extravehicular activities, the astronauts also inspected the status of the space station cabin.

According to plan, a large number of space science experiments and technology tests will also be carried out during the Shenzhou 17 manned mission.


[The crew of Shenzhou 17 will make its second exit from the spacecraft in the near future] According to the China Manned Space Engineering Office, since the successful completion of the first spacecraft activity on December 21, 2023, the astronaut crew of Shenzhou 17 has completed On-orbit training for robotic arm operation, full-system pressure emergency drills, payload evacuation, experimental cabinet debugging and preparation for the second evacuation activity, space life science and human body research, space microgravity physics, space astronomy and earth science, space science experimental projects such as new technologies and applications are advancing steadily.


At present, the crew of the Shenzhou 17th astronauts are in good condition, the space station assembly is operating stably, and they have the conditions to carry out extravehicular activities…

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