The recent spacewalks were historic, marking the first time Chinas astronauts had to conduct repair work in orbit.
As the state-run media outletXinhuanow reports, these repairs were successful, fixing the core modules solar wings.
Given that the first spacewalk occurred in December, its likely the impact occurred shortly before then.
China performed the first of the two spacewalks in December 2023.Photo: China Manned Space
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A Shenzhou 17 crew member repairing the solar panels during a recent spacewalk.Image: China Manned Space
