20 19 12, Wang Yaping was selected as the crew of Shenzhou XIII mission.
At 2 1, 10, 15, 2 1: 40, the astronauts of shenzhou XIII manned mission left the cabin collectively, which was held in wentiange square of Jiuquan satellite launch center. At 2/kloc-0: 42, three astronauts, Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu, were ordered to go out for a six-month mission under the command of Li Yi, the commander-in-chief of China's manned spaceflight project and the mission command of the space station.
20211/7, astronauts Zhai Zhigang and Wang Yaping, dressed in China's new generation of "Tian Fei" extravehicular spacesuits, successively successfully disembarked from the node module of Tianhe core module, and Wang Yaping became the first female astronaut to carry out extravehicular activities in China, taking the first step of Chinese female extravehicular spacewalk.
1At 20211116 on October 8, the astronauts of Shenzhou XIII worked closely together in groups and successfully completed the scheduled tasks of the first extravehicular activity. Wang Yaping became the first female astronaut in China to carry out extravehicular activities, and took the first step of female spacewalk in China.
20211116 minutes1October 8, after about 6.5 hours of extravehicular activities, the astronauts of Shenzhou XIII cooperated closely in groups and successfully completed it.
2021114, Wang Yaping, Ye Guangfu and Zhai Zhigang, members of Shen Thirteen, read aloud the preface of Ba Jin's torrent trilogy in space: "I know that the torrent of life will never stop, and see where it takes me!"