Two Chinese taikonauts, Chen Dong and Chen Zhongrui, successfully completed an eight-hour spacewalk outside the Tiangong space station on May 22nd. This was the 19th EVA conducted at Tiangong, involving installing a protective sheet and routine maintenance. The Shenzhou-20 crew, who arrived in April, are midway through a six-month mission. China plans at least one more crewed mission to Tiangong this year, with the station's operations expected to continue for at least a decade.

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