“The astronaut helmet is equipped with a drinking tube on one side, allowing them to drink when they’re thirsty. On the other side, there is a compartment for food energy bars, tailored to the mission’s requirements. These provisions are typically designed to provide high-calorie, high-energy sustenance to help the astronauts maintain their strength during the spacewalks,” Yang added.
The Feitian suits are engineered to support astronauts for a complete eight-hour work period in the vacuum of space.
Last year, Chinese astronauts Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong set a new record on December 17th by completing the longest single spacewalk. According to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA), it lasted 9 hours and 6 minutes outside the Tiangong space station.
This spacewalk surpassed the previous world record of 8 hours and 56 minutes, held by NASA astronauts James Voss and Susan Helms from a 2001 space shuttle Discovery mission to the ISS.