Pic of the Week: Spacewalk Outside the Chinese Space Station

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Image (Credit): Extravehicular activity on China’s Tiangong space station this past July. (CMSA)

This week’s image is from the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). It shows taikonaut Li Cong on a spacewalk outside China’s Tiangong station on July 3, 2024. 

The space station was first launched in April 2021 and has been permanently crewed since June 2022. The current crew, called Shenzhou 18, consists of Commander Ye Guangfu, Operator Li Cong, and System Operator Li Guangsu.