Shenzhou-13 Crew Conducts First Extravehicular Activities, Wang Yaping Becomes First Female Chinese Astronaut to Spacewalk

Chinese astronaut Wang Yaping (Source: Xinhua)

By 1:16 a.m. Monday, Beijing time, spacewalking Shenzhou-13 members Zhai Zhigang and Wang Yaping had completed their extravehicular activities (EVAs) and returned to the space station core module Tianhe, the China Manned Space Engineering Office said on Monday. Their successful spacewalk lasted about 6.5 hou…