Chinese astronauts set up tools on 1st spacewalk exterior new place station
For the 1st time, two astronauts have worked outside the house of China’s house station, finishing only the second spacewalk in the record of the country’s space system.
Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo started the 6-hour and 46-minute extravehicular activity (EVA) on Saturday (July 3) at 8:11 p.m. EDT (0011 GMT or 8:11 a.m. Beijing Time on July 4). Liu was 1st to exit the area station’s Tianhe (“Harmony of the Heavens”) main module, adopted by Tang about three hours afterwards.
Sporting upgraded Chinese Feitian spacesuits, the two Shenzhou 12 crewmates outfitted the place station with applications wanted to assist long run functions.
Online video: Look at China’s 1st space station crew enter Tianhe module
Liu, to begin with doing work alone, connected a foot restraint and system to the conclude of the station’s 33-foot-extended (10-meter) robotic arm and then mounted the arm himself. Shenzhou 12 commander Nie Haisheng then examined the arm’s controls, moving Liu from inside of the Tianhe module.
Tang, tethered to the handrails operating along the exterior of the space station, later joined Liu in extending a panoramic digicam. They then ongoing doing the job jointly to put in other EVA machines with the aid of the robotic arm.
“Immediately after about 7 hours of exterior pursuits, the Shenzhou 12 crewmates doing work carefully with each other effectively concluded all the scheduled tasks all through the spacewalk,” China’s Manned Room Company introduced at the end of the EVA.
In pics: The most memorable spacewalks in heritage
Liu and Tang accomplished the spacewalk at 2:57 a.m. EDT (0657 GMT or 2:57 p.m. Beijing time) on Sunday.
A second spacewalk is planned for later on in the Shenzhou 12 mission, which released with Nie, Liu and Tang on June 16 and is scheduled to previous a few months. In addition to screening techniques, the EVAs are getting ready the station to be expanded with the addition of two laboratory modules to be launched in 2022.
China’s very first-at any time spacewalk was carried out by Zhai Zhigang, commander of the Shenzhou 7 mission, in 2008. Liu was part of that mission’s crew as effectively, and throughout the 22-moment outing, performed a stand-up EVA, popping his head out of the hatch while carrying a Russian Orlan spacesuit.
Connected: The latest information about China’s place system
The Chinese Feitian (“flying to space”) suits are comparable in structure to the Orlan, with the moveable lifestyle guidance technique also serving as a rear-entry hatch into the spacesuit. The Feitian’s helmets are geared up with cameras, broadcasting a initial-man or woman perspective related to NASA’s extravehicular activity unit (EMU) spacesuit.
When not out on a spacewalk, the Shenzhou 12 crewmates have been configuring and tests the Tianhe main module’s units, conducting science experiments and collaborating in video downlinks, which includes conversing dwell with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
When accomplished, the T-formed Tiangong (“Heavenly Palace”) room station will be China’s to start with multi-module place station. In addition to internet hosting Chinese crews and investigate, China programs to invite intercontinental partners to go to and operate aboard the orbiting outpost.
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Robert Pearlman is a journalist and place historian.
His unique “Check with An Astronaut” site preceded NASA’s initiatives to connect the public with the adult men and gals who have flown in area. Later, as the on the internet method director for the Countrywide Space Culture, Pearlman led the redesign and enlargement of the organization’s on the web methods and site, which include authoring the instructional viewer’s guide for Tom Hanks’ award-profitable HBO miniseries “From the Earth to the Moon.”
In 1997, Pearlman was recruited by Buzz Aldrin to develop the Apollo astronaut’s 1st web-site. And in 1999, Pearlman co-founded the astronaut-endorsed Starport.com, which subsequently was acquired by House.com. Pearlman was then employed by Space.com to regulate the site’s community projects.
In between 1998 and 2003, Pearlman was the on-air, on the net host for the National Area Day are living webcast filmed at the Smithsonian’s Countrywide Air and Place Museum.
In 1996, Pearlman was employed by place tourism company Place Adventures as its 1st marketing and publicity director.
Today, Pearlman is the editor of collectSPACE.
Pearlman is a contributing author for House.com, serves on the leadership board for For All Moonkind, he is a member of the American Astronautical Society’s record committee, and serves as an advisor for The Mars Generation.
He is the co-writer of “Room Stations: The Artwork, Science, and Truth of Doing the job in House,” published on Oct. 30, 2018 by Smithsonian Publications.
He served as complex expert on the 2013 movie “Room Warriors” with Mira Sorvino and Danny Glover and the 2018 Damien Chazelle movie “1st Man” with Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy. He served as historic advisor on the 2019 Todd Douglas Miller documentary “Apollo 11.”
Pearlman has also appeared as a commentator on:
- Weird Inheritance (Fox Enterprise Community)
- American Restoration (Historical past Channel)
- American Pickers (History Channel)
- Mysteries at the Museum (Travel Channel)
- Brad Meltzer’s Dropped History (H2)
- Historical Aliens (Historical past Channel)
- NASA’s Unexplained Information (Science Channel)
Pearlman beforehand served on the boards of the Nationwide Room Society and U.S. House Wander of Fame Foundation. He is also a previous national chair for the Students for the Exploration and Advancement of Place.
In 2001, his work on collectSPACE attained Pearlman the Collector of the Calendar year Award from the Common Autograph Collectors Club (UACC).
In 2009, Pearlman was inducted into the Room Camp Hall of Fame.
For the 1st time, two astronauts have worked outside the house of China’s house station, finishing only the second spacewalk in the record of the country’s space system.
Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo started the 6-hour and 46-minute extravehicular activity (EVA) on Saturday (July 3) at 8:11 p.m. EDT (0011 GMT or 8:11 a.m. Beijing Time on July 4). Liu was 1st to exit the area station’s Tianhe (“Harmony of the Heavens”) main module, adopted by Tang about three hours afterwards.
Sporting upgraded Chinese Feitian spacesuits, the two Shenzhou 12 crewmates outfitted the place station with applications wanted to assist long run functions.
Online video: Look at China’s 1st space station crew enter Tianhe module
Liu, to begin with doing work alone, connected a foot restraint and system to the conclude of the station’s 33-foot-extended (10-meter) robotic arm and then mounted the arm himself. Shenzhou 12 commander Nie Haisheng then examined the arm’s controls, moving Liu from inside of the Tianhe module.
Tang, tethered to the handrails operating along the exterior of the space station, later joined Liu in extending a panoramic digicam. They then ongoing doing the job jointly to put in other EVA machines with the aid of the robotic arm.
“Immediately after about 7 hours of exterior pursuits, the Shenzhou 12 crewmates doing work carefully with each other effectively concluded all the scheduled tasks all through the spacewalk,” China’s Manned Room Company introduced at the end of the EVA.
In pics: The most memorable spacewalks in heritage
Liu and Tang accomplished the spacewalk at 2:57 a.m. EDT (0657 GMT or 2:57 p.m. Beijing time) on Sunday.
A second spacewalk is planned for later on in the Shenzhou 12 mission, which released with Nie, Liu and Tang on June 16 and is scheduled to previous a few months. In addition to screening techniques, the EVAs are getting ready the station to be expanded with the addition of two laboratory modules to be launched in 2022.
China’s very first-at any time spacewalk was carried out by Zhai Zhigang, commander of the Shenzhou 7 mission, in 2008. Liu was part of that mission’s crew as effectively, and throughout the 22-moment outing, performed a stand-up EVA, popping his head out of the hatch while carrying a Russian Orlan spacesuit.
Connected: The latest information about China’s place system
The Chinese Feitian (“flying to space”) suits are comparable in structure to the Orlan, with the moveable lifestyle guidance technique also serving as a rear-entry hatch into the spacesuit. The Feitian’s helmets are geared up with cameras, broadcasting a initial-man or woman perspective related to NASA’s extravehicular activity unit (EMU) spacesuit.
When not out on a spacewalk, the Shenzhou 12 crewmates have been configuring and tests the Tianhe main module’s units, conducting science experiments and collaborating in video downlinks, which includes conversing dwell with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
When accomplished, the T-formed Tiangong (“Heavenly Palace”) room station will be China’s to start with multi-module place station. In addition to internet hosting Chinese crews and investigate, China programs to invite intercontinental partners to go to and operate aboard the orbiting outpost.
Comply with collectSPACE.com on Fb and on Twitter at @collectSPACE. Copyright 2021 collectSPACE.com. All legal rights reserved.
Robert Pearlman is a journalist and place historian.
His unique “Check with An Astronaut” site preceded NASA’s initiatives to connect the public with the adult men and gals who have flown in area. Later, as the on the internet method director for the Countrywide Space Culture, Pearlman led the redesign and enlargement of the organization’s on the web methods and site, which include authoring the instructional viewer’s guide for Tom Hanks’ award-profitable HBO miniseries “From the Earth to the Moon.”
In 1997, Pearlman was recruited by Buzz Aldrin to develop the Apollo astronaut’s 1st web-site. And in 1999, Pearlman co-founded the astronaut-endorsed Starport.com, which subsequently was acquired by House.com. Pearlman was then employed by Space.com to regulate the site’s community projects.
In between 1998 and 2003, Pearlman was the on-air, on the net host for the National Area Day are living webcast filmed at the Smithsonian’s Countrywide Air and Place Museum.
In 1996, Pearlman was employed by place tourism company Place Adventures as its 1st marketing and publicity director.
Today, Pearlman is the editor of collectSPACE.
Pearlman is a contributing author for House.com, serves on the leadership board for For All Moonkind, he is a member of the American Astronautical Society’s record committee, and serves as an advisor for The Mars Generation.
He is the co-writer of “Room Stations: The Artwork, Science, and Truth of Doing the job in House,” published on Oct. 30, 2018 by Smithsonian Publications.
He served as complex expert on the 2013 movie “Room Warriors” with Mira Sorvino and Danny Glover and the 2018 Damien Chazelle movie “1st Man” with Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy. He served as historic advisor on the 2019 Todd Douglas Miller documentary “Apollo 11.”
Pearlman has also appeared as a commentator on:
- Weird Inheritance (Fox Enterprise Community)
- American Restoration (Historical past Channel)
- American Pickers (History Channel)
- Mysteries at the Museum (Travel Channel)
- Brad Meltzer’s Dropped History (H2)
- Historical Aliens (Historical past Channel)
- NASA’s Unexplained Information (Science Channel)
Pearlman beforehand served on the boards of the Nationwide Room Society and U.S. House Wander of Fame Foundation. He is also a previous national chair for the Students for the Exploration and Advancement of Place.
In 2001, his work on collectSPACE attained Pearlman the Collector of the Calendar year Award from the Common Autograph Collectors Club (UACC).
In 2009, Pearlman was inducted into the Room Camp Hall of Fame.