China’s Tiangong Space Station has released new high-definition footage from its third Shenzhou-20 spacewalk, capturing views of Earth’s cloudscapes and coastlines from orbit.
One camera, mounted on an astronaut’s spacesuit, captured an endless sea of clouds drifting across Earth’s surface through the hatch. Another, fixed to a robotic arm outside the Wentian lab module, revealed a vista where continents meet the ocean.
The Shenzhou-20 astronauts entered the Tiangong space station on April 25 this year and have now completed half of their spaceflight journey.
China's space station captures spectacular views of earth from orbit
Hong Kong equities closed lower in a broad sell-off, with the Hang Seng Index down 2.2 percent, a trend echoed in Tokyo where the Nikkei 225 also fell, according to China Global Television Network (CGTN) market analyst Timothy Pope.
"In Hong Kong, only a handful of stocks on the Hang Seng rose, and the index ended the session down by 2.2 percent. Among the gainers, the leader was the casino operator Sands China -- up 4 percent. That followed news that Macao gross gaming revenue was up 24 percent year on year in January to 2.8 billion U.S. dollars," he said.
"Over in Japan, we saw the Nikkei 225 down 1.25 percent despite a weaker yen. Obviously, gold-linked equities traded lower, but so did the tech heavyweights in Japan today as well," the analyst added.
Analyst recaps Asian stock markets' Monday performances
Analyst recaps Asian stock markets' Monday performances
