Wang Yaping becomes the first Chinese woman to walk in space

Source: NASA Spaceflight
Date Published: 11/07/2021

On November 7, Chinese taikonauts Zhai Zhigang and Wang Yaping conducted the first spacewalk for the Shenzhou-13 mission at the Chinese Space Station. The extravehicular activity (EVA) was the first for a Chinese woman and successfully installed new hardware on the exterior of the Tianhe core module.