the Shenzhen-17 The China Space Agency (CMSA) announced that the spacecraft (“God Ark”) and its crew took off aboard a rocket named Long March-2F at 11:14 local time on Thursday from the Satellite Launch Center in northwestern Sichuan.
The head of the six-month mission is A 48-year-old Tang Hongboa former Air Force pilot who already participated in the Shenzhen-12 mission in June 2021. The other two crew members are A. 33-year-old Tang Singqi And the 35-year-old Chiang Hsien LinThey joined the third group of Chinese astronauts in September 2020, and both will travel into space for the first time.
The three astronauts replace the Shenzhou-16 crew of veteran astronauts who arrived at the Tiankong (Heavenly Palace) space station in late May and are scheduled to return to Earth on October 31.
They will conduct numerous space research and application technology tests and experiments in orbit, and for the first time they will perform experimental maintenance outside the vehicle, which is a very difficult task.
Lin Hsi-Chiang, Deputy Director of CMSA noted. They will also perform extravehicular activities, such as deploying cargo, performing space station maintenance and other tasks, he said.
They will continue to evaluate the operation and performance of the space station and test coordination and compliance with ground support centers in carrying out operations and administrative tasks of the space station to further improve operational efficiency and debugging capacity in space. Station added.
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Beijing has already conducted more than a thousand scientific research in space, including studies such as how plants adapt to conditions in space or how fluids behave in microgravity.
