Moving out of the space station for over six hours along with another fellow member Zhai Zhigang ____ 1 ___ November 8, 2021, taikonaut Wang Yaping became the first Chinese woman ____ 2 ____ (walk) into space.
China launched the Shenzhou-13 spaceship on October 16, ____ 3 ____ (send) three astronauts into the core module ( 核心舱 )Tianhe on a six-month task ____ 4 ___ was expected to be ready by next year.
Wang Yaping, 41, who is __ 5 ___ (current) stationed at the Tiangong space station, together with her fellow member Zhai Zhigang, 55, left the Tianhe module and into space for six hours. The ____ 6 ___ (three) crew member, Ye Guangfu, 41, assisted the team from within the space station. The whole process was smooth and successful.
Wang Yaping, Zhai Zhigang, and Ye Guangfu will continue to work on the space station during their six-month stay. The team will carry out ___ 7 ____ (task) such as fixing equipment, examining the station’s robotic arm ( 机械臂 ) and testing how a long-term stay in space would work within Tiangong space station, which is under ____ 8 ____ (construct). Tianhe is planned to eventually be connected to two other sections, Mengtian and Wentian. China ____ 9 ___ (plan) to complete its new space station by the end of 2022.
China will be the only country to own a space station, _____ 10 ____ the International Space Station retires by the 2030s.