China News Service, April 17th. On the afternoon of the 17th, the State Council Information Office held a press conference on the progress of the construction of China's space station.
Hao Chun, director of the China Manned Space Engineering Office, said that according to the mission arrangement, we will complete the on-orbit construction of the Chinese space station in 2022, with a total of 6 flight missions planned.
Hao Chun introduced that the six missions were the launch of the Tianzhou-4 cargo spacecraft in May; the launch of the Shenzhou-14 manned spacecraft in June, and the crew of the Shenzhou-14 manned spacecraft was also composed of three astronauts. It will stay in orbit for 6 months; the space station Wentian experimental module will be launched in July, and the space station Mengtian experimental module will be launched in October.
The three modules of the space station will form a "T" basic configuration, completing the on-orbit construction of the Chinese space station, and then carrying out the launch of the Tianzhou-5 cargo spacecraft and the Shenzhou-15 manned spacecraft.
Among them, the flight crew of the Shenzhou 15 manned spacecraft is also composed of three astronauts. These three astronauts will work and live in orbit for 6 months after the rotation of the astronauts in orbit and the astronauts of Shenzhou 14.