Successfully completed the longest mission in the history of Chinese space exploration.
China’s Shenzhou-13 spacecraft with three crew successfully landed after a nine-hour flight from Tiangong National Orbital Station. It was learned on Saturday, April 16th.
As follows from a broadcast by the Chinese Global Television Network (CGTN), the descent vehicle landed at the Dongfeng test site in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in northern China at 03:57 Kyiv time.
The ship’s crew included Zhai Zhigang, Ye Guangfu, and female taikonaut Wang Yaping. They arrived at Tiangong Station on October 16, 2021 and remained at the station for six months. This is the longest manned mission in China’s galaxy history.
The next crew will arrive at the station in May this year aboard the ship Shenzhou-14 and will also stay there for half a year. Food and equipment will be delivered by the Tianzhou-4 cargo spacecraft a few days before their arrival.
China should complete the construction of a full-fledged orbital station by 2022. Six more space launches are planned for the base module and two laboratory modules, Wentian and Mentian, will be docked.
The total weight of the Tiangong station, located at an altitude of 400 km, after its completion is about 90 tons. It will be five times smaller than the International Space Station and capable of accommodating three crew members on a full-time basis (and up to six when changing crews). The life of the galaxy station is about 10 years.
It will be recalled that in 2021, China made a record number of launches into space – 55. The second place was taken by the United States – 51 launches.
It was also learned that China is preparing a modified rocket to launch into space. The first phase of the Long March 8 launch vehicle will be available again thanks to thrust control technology.
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Source: korrespondent
