Chinese space station crew members complete spacewalk

China completed the Tiangong station in November with the addition of the third of three modules, centred on the Tianhe living and command module

Chinese astronaut Fei Junlong conducting extravehicular activities on the orbiting Tiangong space station (Xinhua via AP)

The crew of China’s orbiting space station has completed the first of several planned spacewalks in their six-month mission.

The China Manned Space Agency said Fei Junlong and Zhang Lu carried out a number of tasks during Friday’s seven-hour extra-vehicular activity, including installing extension pumps outside the Mengtian laboratory module.