2023-10-25 04:32:42
The Shenzhou-VIX astronauts will return to Earth on October 31 and are expected to obtain a full picture of the space station assembly with the Earth as the background for the first time – Xinhuanet
Xinhua News Agency, Jiuquan, October 25th: “After completing the on-orbit rotation mission with the Shenzhou 17th astronaut crew, the Shenzhou 16 astronaut crew aims to return to the Dongfeng Landing Site on October 31.”
This was introduced by Lin Xiqiang, spokesman for the China Manned Space Program and deputy director of the China Manned Space Engineering Office, at the press conference on the Shenzhou 17 manned mission held on the morning of the 25th.
The Shenzhou 16 mission is the first manned mission after China’s manned space project entered the space station application and development stage. Lin Xiqiang introduced that at present, the on-orbit work is progressing smoothly. With the close cooperation between astronauts and ground scientific and technological personnel, space application projects are advancing steadily as planned, with a total of 70 projects in aerospace medicine, life ecology, biotechnology, materials science, and fluid physics. , fluid mechanics, aerospace technology and other space actual (experiments) and 8 human factors engineering technology studies, a large amount of experimental data has been obtained. Some experimental samples will go down with the Shenzhou 16 spacecraft, and some projects have achieved phased application As a result, the comprehensive benefits of the space station as a national space laboratory are gradually emerging. During the mission, they also successfully completed an astronaut extravehicular activity, a “Tiangong Classroom” space lecture, multiple payload extravehicles, and cooperated in completing the separation and evacuation of the Tianzhou-5 cargo spacecraft.
“In particular, due to the limitations of the microgravity environment and the capacity of the space station, material management, a seemingly ordinary task on the ground, has become an increasingly prominent new problem.” Lin Xiqiang said, for this reason, the Shenzhou 16th crew and the ground In close collaboration, a plan was formulated to reduce the capacity and increase efficiency of on-orbit material management. Under the leadership of Commander Jing Haipeng, a total of about 850 materials were transferred, 135 pieces of material sorting information were fed back, and the space station’s orbit material inventory and inventory were fully completed. The organization work has given the space station a new look in terms of material storage status and information management, setting a benchmark for subsequent space station orbit material management.
Lin Xiqiang said that before the Shenzhou 16 crew returns, the astronauts will fly around the spacecraft with high-definition cameras to take pictures of the space station assembly, depending on the lighting conditions. It is expected to obtain a full picture of the space station assembly with the earth as the background for the first time in orbit. This will It will be the first “working photo” that reflects the full configuration of the space station. (Reporters Li Bingxuan, Mi Siyuan, Huang Yichen)
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