Shenzhou-19 crew set for second extravehicular activities
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
BEIJING, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) — The Shenzhou-19 crew members on board China’s space station will conduct their second extravehicular activities (EVAs) within the next few days, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced on Sunday.
Since completing their first spacewalk on Dec. 17, 2024, the crew has undertaken a series of tasks, including inspections and maintenance of the space station’s equipment, system-wide pressure emergency drills and preparations for the second EVAs.
The CMSA noted that the crew has made steady progress in experiments in fields such as space material science, space life sciences, and aerospace medicine.
The agency confirmed that the three Shenzhou-19 crew members are in good health, and the space station is operating smoothly, providing optimal conditions for the upcoming EVAs.
Reference Link:- https://english.news.cn/20250119/f88a7d065b8046c9b43d1fa06243e788/c.html
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
