Astronaut Wang Yaping becomes first Chinese woman to walk in space

Astronaut Wang Yaping became the first woman to walk in space after she took part in Shenzhou-13 mission's first extravehicular activity with mission commander Zhai Zhigang.

Astronaut Wang Yaping, a crewmember of China's Shenzhou-13 mission, became the first woman from the country to walk in space on Sunday evening. #WangYaping becomes the first #Chinese woman to walk in space. pic.twitter.com/lORhrgQHwh

The astronauts of China's Shenzhou-13 mission to the Tiangong space station module Tianhe took their first spacewalk on Sunday. Wang Yaping, 41, took part in the mission's first extravehicular activity with mission commander Zhai Zhigang.