Chinese Astronauts Make First Spacewalk Outside New Station
Astronaut Liu Boming stepping out of core module of the China's new space station in space, on July 4.
Photographer: Jin Liwang/Xinhua/AP
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Beijing (AP) -- Two astronauts on Sunday made the first spacewalk outside China’s new orbital station to set up cameras and other equipment using a 15-meter-long (50-foot-long) robotic arm.
Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo were shown by state TV climbing out of the airlock as Earth rolled past below them. The third crew member, commander Nie Haisheng, stayed inside.