Editing Extravehicular activity (section)

===<span class="anchor" id="Chinese EVA">By China</span>===
[[File:Shenzhou-15 spacewalk.jpg|Astronaut Fei Junlong performing a spacewalk on the Tiangong Space Station|thumb]]
[[China]] became the third [[country]] to independently carry out an EVA on September 27, 2008, during the [[Shenzhou 7]] mission. Chinese taikonaut [[Zhai Zhigang]] completed a 22-minute spacewalk wearing the Chinese-developed [[Feitian space suit]], with taikonaut [[Liu Boming (astronaut)|Liu Boming]] wearing the Russian-derived [[Orlan space suit]] assisting him in the process. Zhai completely exited the craft, while Liu stood by at the airlock, straddling the portal.

Since 2021, China has carried out several more EVAs lasting several hours for the construction of the [[Tiangong space station]]. In December 2024 China's [[Cai Xuzhe]] and [[Song Lingdong]] set the current record for the longest EVA at 9 hours and six minutes.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |author1=Mike Wall |date=2024-12-18 |title=Chinese astronauts perform record-breaking 9-hour spacewalk outside Tiangong space station (video) |url=https://www.space.com/space-exploration/human-spaceflight/chinese-astronauts-conduct-record-breaking-9-hour-spacewalk-outside-tiangong-space-station-photos |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=Space.com |language=en-US}}</ref>