The new Chinese space mission that will take place tomorrow and its crew. What it will be like and how long they will be on the ship.
The crew of the Shenzhou-18 spacecraft
The Chinese manned spacecraft Shenzhou-18 is scheduled for take off at 20:59 (Beijing time) on Thursday. Takeoff will be from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centerin the northwest of the country, the China Manned Space Agency announced today Wednesday.
The spacecraft will carry astronauts Ye Guangfu, Li Cong and Li Guangsuto carry out the Shenzhou-18 space flight mission, and Ye will be the commander, detailed Lin Xiqiang, deputy director of the entity, in a press conference.
The new Shenzhou-18 spacecraft
Shenzhou-18 is the 32nd flight mission of China’s manned space program and the third manned mission during the application and development stage of the country’s space station.
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The crew will remain in orbit for about six months and they are scheduled to return at the end of October this year to the Dongfeng landing site in northern China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. He launch will use a Long March-2F carrier rocketwhich will soon be filled with propellant fuel, Lin said.
The Shenzhou-17 crew is scheduled to return to the Dongfeng landing site on April 30, after completing the handover of in-orbit work to the Shenzhou-18 crew, the deputy director said.
Chinese spaceship crew
(Xinhua/Wang Jiangbo)
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