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China's Shenzhou-18 crew completes first spacewalk, sets new record

The Shenzhou-18 crew completed its first extravehicular activity on Tuesday, setting a new record for the longest single spacewalk by Chinese astronauts. In about 8.5 hours, Ye Guangfu, Li Cong and Li Guangsu conducted installation of space debris protection devices and inspection of extravehicular equipment and facilities. In today's newsletter, you'll also learn about how the Shenzhou-18 taikonauts carry out scientific experiments, the world‘s first video of fish swimming in space, and scientists conducting biological analysis of Shenzhou-17 mission samples.

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