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A pair of Chinese astronauts spent eight hours outside their Tiangong Space Station last weekend to carry out repairs on solar arrays.
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Astronauts Tang Hongbo and Jiang Xinlin left the station and used a robotic arm mounted on the outside of the facility to repair the panels on the Tianhe core module, the China Manned Space...
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China''s space station crew carried out two spacewalks this past winter to repair the solar wings attached to the core module, which had been damaged by space debris.
Shenzhou 17 spacecraft crew have repaired damaged solar array panels on the Tiangong space station, in the first such extravehicular activity by Chinese astronauts.
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Advertisement During the repair mission, the astronauts also inspected the station’s surface. Astronauts aboard China’s Tiangong space station repair a damaged solar panel on Saturday. Photo: CCTV
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The space station’s solar arrays are now fully functional, according to Xinhua, noting that the damage resulted from the “impact of space debris on the solar wing’s power cables.” A Shenzhou 17 crew member repairing the solar panels during a recent spacewalk.
China's Tiangong space station partially lost power after its solar panels were struck by an unidentified object late last year. China performed the first of the two spacewalks in December 2023.
China’s Tiangong space station has executed several maneuvers to avoid space debris, Lin Xiqiang, deputy director of CMSA, said during a recent press conference, as Xinhua reports. The latest incident has prompted the Chinese space agency to adopt preventative measures to mitigate the risks of space debris.
A pair of Chinese astronauts spent eight hours outside their space station last weekend to carry out repairs on the facility. It was the second extravehicular activity, or spacewalk, of the ongoing Shenzhou 17 crewed mission and the 14th overall carried out at China's Tiangong space station.
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