Chinese astronauts inspect debris-damaged Shenzhou-20 spacecraft during spacewalk

Published on December 9, 2025
Chinese astronaut Zhang Lu in a white spacesuit with red markings works outside the Tiangong space station, attached to a robotic arm, with Earth’s oceans and cloud-covered surface visible in the background.

Two Shenzhou-21 astronauts embarked on the mission’s first spacewalk late Monday, inspecting and photographing a damaged spacecraft window which triggered an earlier emergency launch.

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