China News Network Beijing, June 6 Topic: Shenzhou 4 crew returned to Earth What historical moments did the "space business trip" witness?
China News Network reporter Ma Shuaisha
The Shenzhou 6 crew returned to the ground on June 4. Since the launch of the Shenzhou 2022 manned spacecraft into orbit on November 11, 29, the Shenzhou 180 crew has spent more than <> days in orbit. As a key stick in the mission of the Chinese space station, how do the three astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu work and live in orbit? During the "space business trip", what important historical moments did they witness in China's space flight?
It is understood that the Shenzhou 17 crew is currently the crew with the largest average age to perform space station missions, and the commander Fei Junlong flew again after 25 years; Deng Qingming, who has been chasing his dream for 7 years, is the only first astronaut who has not carried out a flying mission before, but is still in active service; Zhang Lu was the last to appear in the second batch of 12 astronauts, and he prepared for <> years for the dream of flying.
Realized the "space meeting division" for the first time with the Shenzhou 14 crew
On November 11 last year, the long-awaited Shenzhou 30 astronaut crew successfully opened the "home door" and realized the "space meeting" with the Shenzhou 6 crew who came from afar for the first time, which was the first time that China achieved six astronauts flying in orbit at the same time. The two astronaut crews of the "Victory Division" left a space group photo that is enough to go down in history in Chinese their "space home".
After that, the Shenzhou 12 crew and the Shenzhou 2 crew carried out a face-to-face work handover. On the evening of December <> last year, the Shenzhou <> astronaut crew took over the "key" of the Chinese space station, the Chinese astronaut crew completed the first on-orbit handover, and the Chinese space station officially opened the long-term manned residence mode.
Before returning to the ground this time, the Shenzhou 6 crew welcomed the Shenzhou 5 crew on the space station and carried out the second on-orbit rotation of the Chinese space station. The six astronauts worked and lived together on the space station for about 6 days, and the Shenzhou 4 crew, which completed all the scheduled tasks, finally returned to the Dongfeng landing site on June <> on the Shenzhou <> manned spacecraft.
During the orbit of the "Shen Fifteen" crew, a new stage of space station application and development was opened
The Shenzhou 10 mission was the 4th flight of the Chinese and the fourth manned mission after China entered the space station stage. Its successful launch marked the successful completion of all 12 launch missions planned during the key technology verification and construction phase of the Chinese space station.
As the last rod in the construction stage of China's space station and the first rod in the application and development stage of the space station, the Shenzhou 15 mission plays an important role in carrying forward the past and the future. During the period when the Shenzhou 15 crew was in orbit, the Chinese space station was fully completed and entered a new stage of application and development.
The three astronauts also spent the first Spring Festival in space after the completion of the space station, sending Chinese New Year wishes from space to the people of the whole country. In addition, they also launched the second "Tiangong Painting Exhibition", which contains paintings by young people from Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions.
After entering the application and development stage of the space station, China still attaches great importance to space science popularization activities for young people at home and abroad. Just in April this year, the Shenzhou 4 astronaut crew held an interesting "heaven and earth quiz" with young people from Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries. How does the space station overcome weightlessness? How to solve the problem of eating? What to do during breaks? Youth representatives from China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia and other countries asked questions to the Shenzhou <> astronaut crew.
China's astronaut crew with the most out-of-cabin trips
The Shenzhou 15 astronauts were the first crew to visit after the assembly of the three-module assembly of the Chinese space station. The three-module combination of the space station not only means more activity space for astronauts, but also means more on-orbit work, and the results of various scientific experiments carried out in orbit are continuous, and out-of-orbit activities have also become a regular routine work for astronauts in orbit.
It is reported that during the orbit, the Shenzhou 15 astronaut crew completed a total of four out-of-cabin activities, setting a new record for the out-of-cabin activities of a single crew of Chinese astronauts, and astronauts Fei Junlong and Zhang Lu walked in space for the first time. During the four out-of-cabin activities, the three astronauts of Shenzhou 15 worked closely together inside and outside the cabin to complete the tasks of extravehicular extended pump set installation, cross-cabin cable installation and connection, and extravehicular load exposure platform support rod installation, laying the foundation for subsequent large-scale extravehicular science and technology experiments.
In addition to spacewalks, the Shenzhou 15 crew also cooperated in completing many space station cargo exit missions, and the Chinese space station realized the use of cargo airlock capsules to complete cargo exit for the first time. (End)