成功出舱！丨Shenzhou XII crew members carry out first spacewalk

Two Chinese astronauts flew out of the core module of China's permanent space station on Sunday morning to carry out the country's first extravehicular activity, commonly known as spacewalk, in 13 years.
UP to 11:02 am, Major General Liu Boming and Senior Colonel Tang Hongbo floated out of the module, named Tianhe, or Harmony of Heavens.

周日上午，两名中国航天员飞出中国永久空间站的核心舱，进行了中国13年来首次舱外活动，我们通常称之为太空行走。

上午11点02分，刘伯明和汤洪波从天和舱成功出舱。

Wearing the nation's new-generation extravehicular suit, the pair is tasked with using a large robotic arm to conduct several operations including installing equipment outside the spacecraft and moving the panoramic camera, according to the China Manned Space Agency.

据中国载人航天工程局消息，他们身穿中国造新一代舱外航天服，要使用一个大型机械臂进行若干操作，包括在舱外安装设备和移动全景相机。

During their spacewalk, Major General Nie Haisheng, commander of the mission, stayed inside the module and assist in manipulating the robotic arm, the agency said in a brief statement.

在他们的太空行走期间，任务指挥官聂海胜留在舱内并协助操纵机械臂。

The three-member crew has flown with Tianhe, the first and central component of the Chinese station, called Tiangong, or Heavenly Palace, for more than 16 days and will continue living and working there until the mid-September before returning to Earth.

由三名成员组成的机组已经与天和号一起飞行超过了16天，天和号是中国空间站的第一个和中心组成部分，中国空间站也被称为天宫。他们将继续在那里生活和工作，预计9月中旬返回地球。

Their spaceship was launched on a Long March 2F carrier rocket that blasted off on June 17 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China. The astronauts entered Tianhe later that day after the spacecraft docked with the module, becoming the first occupants of Tianhe. Shenzhou XII, the nation's seventh manned space mission, is part of the Tiangong station program, which aims to complete a three-component station in a low-Earth orbit about 400 kilometers above the ground before the end of 2022.

他们的飞船由长征二号F运载火箭发射，该火箭于6月17日从中国西北部的酒泉卫星发射中心发射。不久，航天器与天和核心舱对接后，宇航员进入天和号，成为天和号的第一批居住者。神舟十二号是中国的第七次载人航天任务，天宫站计划的一部分。该计划的目标是于2022年底之前在距离地面约400公里的低地球轨道上完成一个由三部分组成的空间站。

At a meeting with reporters at the Jiuquan center one day ahead of their space journey, Liu said that compared with the extravehicular operation in the Shenzhou VII mission, spacewalks in the Shenzhou XII will be much longer and more sophisticated.

刘伯明在太空旅行前一天在酒泉中心与记者见面时称，与神舟七号任务中的舱外作业相比，神舟十二号的出舱活动时间大幅增加，任务更加复杂。

"And I believe that there will be difficulties and challenges. Therefore, we have undergone comprehensive, systematic and stringent training," he said. "We will strive to make every extravehicular task successful through our cooperation and with support from ground control."

他说：“我相信挑战和考验也不会缺席。为此，我们进行了严格、系统、全面的训练。”他还说到：“我坚信有专业人员的地面支持，有三名航天员的默契配合，我们一定完成好每次出舱任务。”

Ji Qiming, assistant director of the China Manned Space Agency, said that astronauts will carry out two lengthy spacewalks during the Shenzhou XII mission and use external mechanical arms to install equipment and check the Tianhe module's condition.

中国载人航天工程办公室主任助理季启明称，宇航员在神舟十二号任务期间将进行两次长时间的太空行走，并使用外部机械臂来安装设备和检查天和舱的状况。

Before Sunday, Chinese astronauts had conduct only one spacewalk, which was done by Liu Boming and Zhai Zhigang in the three-day Shenzhou VII spaceflight in September 2008. Another member in that mission -- Jing Haipeng was in their spacecraft to control and monitor equipment.

在周日之前，中国宇航员只进行过一次太空行走，那是由刘伯明和翟志刚在2008年9月为期三天的神舟七号航天飞行中完成的。那次任务中的另一名成员景海鹏在他们的航天器中负责控制监测设备。

During the operation, Zhai stayed out of the spacecraft for about 15 minutes while Liu moved the upper half of his body out of the craft for several minutes to assist Zhai.

在操作过程中，翟志刚在飞船外停留了约15分钟。而刘伯明则将上半身移出了飞船数分钟，以协助翟志刚。