<ul><li>Chinese astronauts Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong completed a record-breaking 9-hour spacewalk on the Tiangong space station.</li><li>This spacewalk surpassed the previous record of 8 hours and 56 minutes set by NASA astronauts James Voss and Susan Helms in 2001.</li><li>The astronauts performed tasks such as installing space debris protection devices and inspecting extravehicular equipment.</li><li>China's space station may become a primary location for research in low-Earth orbit after the deorbiting of the International Space Station in 2030.</li></ul>

Chinese astronauts perform record-breaking 9-hour spacewalk

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