China News Agency, Beijing, July 25 (Li Jingze, Ma Shuisha) According to the China Manned Space Engineering Office, the Shenzhou 14 astronaut crew successfully opened the Wentian experimental module at 10:03 on July 25, Beijing time. door and enter the Wentian experimental cabin smoothly.

This is the first time that a Chinese astronaut has entered a scientific experimental cabin in orbit.

The Shenzhou 14 astronaut crew successfully opened the Wentian experimental cabin door at 10:03 on July 25, 2022, and successfully entered the Wentian experimental cabin.

Image source: China Manned Space Engineering Office

  In the follow-up, the Chinese space station mission will carry out on-orbit work such as combined body attitude fusion control, small robotic arm crawling, and combined testing of large and small arms as planned, and use the Wentian experimental cabin airlock and small robotic arms to carry out astronaut exit activities.

  At 14:22 on July 24, the Long March 5B Yaosan carrier rocket was loaded with the Wentian experimental module and successfully launched at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in China.

After the Wentian experimental module entered orbit, the status setting was successfully completed. At 3:13 on July 25, it was successfully connected to the forward port of the Tianhe core module. The entire rendezvous and docking process lasted about 13 hours.

This is the first time that two 20-ton Chinese spacecraft have achieved rendezvous and docking in orbit.

The Shenzhou 14 astronaut crew successfully opened the Wentian experimental cabin door at 10:03 on July 25, 2022, and successfully entered the Wentian experimental cabin.

Image source: China Manned Space Engineering Office

  It is known that after 2 months in orbit, the Wentian experimental module will be repositioned to form an "L" configuration with the Tianhe core module, waiting for the arrival of the Mengtian experimental module.

According to the plan, China's manned space project will also carry out three launch missions this year, launching the Mengtian experimental module to dock with the Tianhe core module, forming the basic configuration of the "T" shape of the three cabins of the space station, and completing the orbital construction of the space station; The Zhou-5 cargo spacecraft and the Shenzhou-15 manned spacecraft will rotate in orbit with the Shenzhou-15 astronauts and the Shenzhou-14 astronauts and stay for 6 months.

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