Feitian space suit

[1] The earliest Feitian space suit was used on Shenzhou 7, worn by taikonaut Zhai Zhigang during China's first-ever spacewalk on 27 September 2008.

[7] When the China Manned Space Program was approved in 1992, one of its "second phase" goals was to develop extravehicular activity capability.

[11] On 27 September 2008, Shenzhou 7 Commander Zhai Zhigang completed China's first extravehicular activity, wearing a first-generation Feitian space suit.

During the EVA, taikonaut Liu Boming remained inside the spacecraft's orbital module, wearing an imported Russian Orlan-M space suit.

[12] Nearly thirteen years after Shenzhou 7, on 4 July 2021, taikonauts Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo of Shenzhou 12 conducted China's second EVA from the newly-launched Tianhe core module of the Tiangong space station, wearing an updated second-generation version of the Feitian space suit.