The spacewalkers will squeeze the task into
their third spacewalk on Wednesday.
Not exact matches
China has already put astronauts into orbit, becoming only the
third country to do so in 2003; this past September, Chinese astronauts completed their country's first
spacewalk.
China recently became the
third nation, after the United States and Russia, to send its own astronauts out for a
spacewalk.
Last week's question: Who was the
third person planned to perform extravehicular activity (a
spacewalk)?
China's space program has made rapid progress since it launched its first crewed mission in 2003 - becoming only the
third country after Russia and the U.S. to do so - including placing a rover on the moon and conducting a
spacewalk.