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No, 7, 2021
Taikonaut (Astronaut in Chinese) Wang Yaping first EVA
On 7 November 2021, Wang Yaping became the first Chinese female astronaut to perform a spacewalk.
Astronaut Wang Yaping begins first spacewalk
Astronauts Zhai Zhigang (翟志刚, commander of the Shenzhou-13 mission) and Wang Yaping (王亚平) exited the Tianhe core module (天和核心舱), the first and main component of the China Space Station (中国空间站), for a six-hour extravehicular activity (EVA).
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For more information about China National Space Administration (CNSA), visit: http://www.cnsa.gov.cn/
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