Years later, Zhai would return to space aboard Shenzhou 13 and perform additional spacewalks. But September 27, 2008 remains the day he became the first Chinese person to step outside a spacecraft while in orbit.

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Only the gloves came home from a spacesuit reportedly worth 30 million RMB. Eighteen years ago today, Shenzhou 7 launched. On September 27, 2008, Zhai Zhigang spent 22 minutes outside in the Chinese-built Feitian suit, China's first spacewalk.

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