Pictures of the launch of the rocket “Great March-2F”. | Font: AFP
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China sent three new taikonauts (Chinese name astronauts) in relation to its Space stationwhere in a few days they will make the first shift crew in the orbit of the history of his country, according to the official media.
The Shenzhou-15 mission ship was propelled by a rocket. Long March 2Fwhich launched at 23:08 local time (15:08 GMT) from the spaceport jiuquanin the Gobi desert (northwest), according to the press agency Xinhuawhich cites the space agency responsible for human spaceflight (CMSA).
The astronauts, three men, will be in space for six months.
Initially, they will cohabit with their three colleagues (among them a woman) from the previous mission. Shenzhou-14which were for about half a year on the space station and they will return to earth in a few days.
For the first time in history Chinese space programtwo Chinese crews will exchange in orbit.
Taikonauts in the “heavenly palace” finish
Known in Chinese as Tiangong (“Heavenly Palace”), also known by its acronym CSS (“Chinese Space Station”), Space station It already has a final T-shaped structure with three modules.
But during this mission, various settings still need to be done. Shenzhou-15 that it will be “the last one dedicated to construction,” CMSA said.
The crew sent into space on Tuesday includes, as usual on such occasions, three military pilots.
The mission commander is Fei Junlong, a former crew member Shenzhou-6 (2005). He will be with Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu, for whom this will be their first space flight.
crew Shenzhou-15 It will also conduct three to four spacewalks to continue placing equipment outside the station. CMSA.
Tiangong similar in size to the former Russian-Soviet station Watch. Its service life will be at least 10 years.
China was pushed to build its own space station by the US refusal to participate in the space program. international space station.
China sent its first taikonaut into space in 2003. In early 2019, he also placed the device on a hidden surface Moonfor the first time in the world.
In 2021 China managed to bring the robot to the surface Mars and plans to send people to Moon around 2030.
AFP
Source: RPP
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