Overview

• Ye Guangfu and Li Guangsu installed space debris protection devices during the spacewalk.
• The extravehicular activity (EVA) lasted 8.5 hours, setting a new record for China.
• This was Ye's second EVA and Li Guangsu's first, both returning safely to the Wentian lab module.
• The spacewalk addressed recent concerns over debris impacts on the space station.
• The Shenzhou-18 mission includes more EVAs and numerous scientific experiments.