Astronaut Wang Yaping became the first woman to walk in space after participating in the Shenzhou-13 mission’s first extravehicular activity with mission commander Zhai Zhigang.
The astronauts on the Chinese Shenzhou-13 mission to the Tiangong Tianhe space station module undertook their first space walk on Sunday. (Screengrab / Twitter / @ SpokespersonCHN)
Astronaut Wang Yaping, a crew member from China’s Shenzhou-13 mission, became the country’s first woman to march in space on Sunday evening.
The astronauts on the Chinese Shenzhou-13 mission to the Tiangong Tianhe space station module undertook their first space walk on Sunday. Wang Yaping, 41, attended the mission’s first extravehicular activity with Mission Commander Zhai Zhigang.
An explanation from Manned space program in China said, “The Shenzhou-13 astronaut crew will conduct their first excursion activities on November 7, 2021, Beijing time. Astronauts Zhai Zhigang and Wang Yaping will perform extravehicular operations in the extravehicular suit” Flying “, and astronaut Ye Guangfu will cooperate and provide assistance in the cabin. Outbound activities are currently ongoing and are expected to last 6 hours. “
#WangYaping will be the first #Chinese Woman walking in space. pic.twitter.com/lORhrgQHwh
– Hua Chunying ??? (@SpokespersonCHN) November 7, 2021
According to a report in Chinese daily newspaper, Zhai opened the hatch at 6:51 p.m. (Beijing time) and at 8:28 p.m. Zhai and Wang left the Tiangong space station. By midnight, they installed new components on the space station’s robotic arm and used them to practice maneuvers from the vehicle and rescue operations.
Shenzhou-13, which means “Divine Ship” in Chinese, is the second space mission of Zhai and Wang and the first of Ye.
According to China Daily, Wang is the second Chinese woman to have flown into space. She joined the Air Force of the People’s Liberation Army in August 1997. She served as deputy squadron commander before joining the second group of astronauts in the PLA astronaut division in May 2010.
In March 2012, Wang was on the Shenzhou 9 mission’s backup crew. In June 2013, she participated in the Shenzhou-10 Mission, which lasted almost 15 days, according to the China Daily.
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