21 June 2021
While watching the live broadcast of the taikonauts entering the station, Zheng Rong, a professor at Donghua University in Shanghai, had her eye on the crew's footwear. She was the chief designer of the space shoes worn by the taikonauts. Knitted with special textiles and thermoplastic materials, the blue-and-black shoes are breathable, extremely elastic and resist static electricity.
MORE...