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#20 by DwightM on 20 Aug, 2021 05:24
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Haisheng on the arm.
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#21 by newfrontiers on 20 Aug, 2021 06:01
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#22 by Conexion Espacial on 20 Aug, 2021 07:15
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CCTV-13 confirms that the spacewalk has already ended, the two taikonauts entered the Thiane module at 06:33 UTC, with which the spacewalk lasted 5 hours and 55 minutes since the hatch was opened at 00:38 UTC. -
#23 by Conexion Espacial on 20 Aug, 2021 07:27
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The Shenzhou 12 mission crew has been on the space station for 3 months, this was their last spacewalk as they will return to Earth in about a month.
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#24 by Liss on 20 Aug, 2021 07:32
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http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-08/20/c_1310138532.htmQuote
Chinese astronauts out of spacecraft for second time extravehicular activities
Source: Xinhua | 2021-08-20 12:21:26 | Editor: huaxia
BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese astronauts Nie Haisheng and Liu Boming had both slipped out of the space station core module Tianhe by 10:12 a.m. (Beijing Time) on Friday to conduct extravehicular activities (EVAs) for a second time, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
Nie opened the hatch of Tianhe's node cabin at 8:38 a.m., the CMSA said.
Donning Feitian, new-generation homemade extravehicular mobility unit spacesuits that literally means "flying to space," the two astronauts have completed installing the foot restraints and extravehicular working platform on the mechanical arm, the CMSA said.
They will continue to work together to install other relevant extravehicular equipment with the aid of the mechanical arm, it said.
Astronaut Tang Hongbo has been staying inside Tianhe in cooperation with Nie and Liu for their EVAs.
The three astronauts were sent into space aboard the Shenzhou-12 spaceship on June 17. Liu and Tang completed the first EVAs during the construction of the country's space station on July 4. Enditem
Screen image taken at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Aug. 20, 2021 shows Chinese astronaut Tang Hongbo working inside the space station core module Tianhe. (Xinhua/Tian Dingyu)
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-08/20/c_1310138838.htmQuoteChinese astronauts complete second time EVAs for space station construction
Source: Xinhua | 2021-08-20 15:04:20 | Editor: huaxia
BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese astronauts have completed the extravehicular activities (EVAs) and returned to the space station core module Tianhe, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on Friday.
This was the second time that the astronauts conducted EVAs during the construction of the country's space station, and the CMSA declared the EVAs a complete success. Enditem
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#25 by SciNews on 20 Aug, 2021 10:42
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Second spacewalk begins
Successful second spacewalk
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#26 by TALsite on 20 Aug, 2021 13:02
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Translated with DeepL:
Cosmic Velocity made a short video to briefly introduce the installation process of the extra-vehicular thermal control pump set and the thermal control system inside and outside the cabin.
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#27 by TALsite on 20 Aug, 2021 13:03
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Translated with DeepL:
"This real-time modeling done based on multi-sensitive parameters and computer vision is really quite impressive to reach this level of detail (although the forward alignment interface target is drawn in the wrong place?"
Figure: BACC big screen, from Xinhua News Agency
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#28 by TALsite on 20 Aug, 2021 13:04
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[CNSA Live] 2nd EVA spacewalk of Chinese astronauts from Tiangong Space Station 天宫空间站中国航天员第二次出舱活动直播
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#29 by Conexion Espacial on 21 Aug, 2021 04:13
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I have shared this 58 minutes video of the first part of the spacewalk, the interesting and good thing is that the video is at 1080p and you can only hear the voices of the mission control and the crew, it's incredible, enjoy it!
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#30 by Steven Pietrobon on 21 Aug, 2021 05:30
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What's with the Soviet flag to the right of the Taikonaut?
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#31 by Josh_from_Canada on 21 Aug, 2021 05:32
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What's with the Soviet flag to the right of the Taikonaut?
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#32 by Conexion Espacial on 24 Aug, 2021 10:55
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These are the cameras used by astronauts for their spacewalks. The camera on top of the helmet is a 1080P high definition camera with integrated H.264 video compression function.
