The crew of Shenzhou 16 successfully completed all the predetermined tasks for the extravehicular activity
According to the China Manned Space Engineering Office, at 21:40 Beijing time on July 20, 2023, after about 8 hours of extravehicular activity, astronauts Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu, and Gui Haichao of the Shenzhou 16 spacecraft worked closely together with the support of the space station's robotic arm to successfully complete all the predetermined tasks of the extravehicular activity. Astronauts Jing Haipeng and Zhu Yangzhu have safely returned to the space station's Wentian experimental module, and the extravehicular activity has been a complete success.
During the astronaut's extravehicular activities, the installation and lifting of the in orbit bracket for the core module panoramic camera B, as well as the unlocking and lifting of the Dream Module panoramic cameras A and B, were completed smoothly and successfully. Astronaut Jing Haipeng, who had flown four times, cooperated from the time capsule of Shenzhou VII to this extravehicular activity, and with 15 years of persistence, fulfilled his dream of "spacewalking"; Astronaut Zhu Yangzhu became China's first space flight engineer to conduct extravehicular activities.
According to the plan, the astronaut crew will also carry out a large number of space science experiments and participate in completing multiple tasks of applying payloads for extravehicular installation.