Tiangong Crew Completes Critical Debris Shield Spacewalk.

On March 16, 2026, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) confirmed that the Shenzhou-21 crew successfully completed their second major extravehicular activity (EVA) outside the Tiangong Space Station. Astronauts Zhang Lu and Wu Fei spent approximately seven hours installing advanced space debris protection devices to shield the station’s core modules from micrometeoroids.This mission is part of a new rotation strategy where one astronaut from the upcoming Shenzhou-23 crew is slated to spend a full year in orbit—a first for the Chinese program—to study the long-term effects of microgravity on the human body. The CMSA also reported that the Lanyue lunar lander and Mengzhou spacecraft have passed critical landing and takeoff tests on Earth, keeping the 2030 crewed Moon landing target on track.

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