China launches third crewed mission to new space station:
China launches third crewed mission to new space station
The astronauts lifted off on the Shenzhou-14 spacecraft at 10:44 a.m. local time, launched by a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert, Inner Mongolia.
The team will live and work at the Tiangong Space Station's Tianhe core module for six months before returning to Earth in December. Tiangong means Heavenly Palace.
The crew includes Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe, who are expected to dock with the space station about 6.5 hours after launch.
Chen, the mission commander, was aboard China's Shenzhou-11 manned space mission in 2016 and previously held the record for longest stay in space by a Chinese astronaut. Liu became the first ever Chinese woman in space in 2012 on the Shenzhou-9 mission. And this will be Cai's first mission in space.
[...] At the end of the Shenzhou-14 mission, another three astronauts are expected to rotate and live with the crew for five to 10 days, bringing the number of Chinese astronauts in space at the same time to a record six.
[...] Once construction is completed, the Tiangong space station is expected to last for 15 years. China plans to launch two crewed missions and two cargo missions to the station every year, according to the CMSA. [China's Manned Space Agency]
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Frosty Piss on Monday June 06 2022, @09:22AM (3 children)
Wonder what their Space Rations are like?
(Score: 2) by bart9h on Monday June 06 2022, @02:24PM
cup noodles?
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 06 2022, @04:18PM
Exactly like American space rations, because they copied them.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday June 06 2022, @04:27PM
Freeze dried squid, anyone? Suddenly, MRE style rations started looking really good.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 06 2022, @01:34PM
i hope they do the rotatable jewel in a ring socket which itself is rotatable and movable on a ring.
like putting a ring on your pointy finger, then touching pointy finger to thumb and imagining you could slide it to.thumb "thru hand" back to pointy finger.
the jewel has a motor that sits on the ring and this ring has a motor to move on the fingers.
rotate, twist, turn until you find the contra-combo that makes it caterpillar thru the cabin :0
(Score: 2, Interesting) by DannyB on Monday June 06 2022, @01:36PM
It is interesting news that China is launching crude missions to its space station.
What about news of their successful return to earth?
Are they allowed back to earth? Do they only launch persons with a very low social score?
How often should I have my memory checked? I used to know but...
(Score: 3, Insightful) by richtopia on Monday June 06 2022, @02:00PM (1 child)
China may be the West's geopolitical rival and space may have military applications, but I still would like to celebrate the scientific achievement of sending persons to a space station.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 06 2022, @06:15PM
Zero science achieved. Science is about doing *new* shit, but you knew that right? This is a penis growth exercise. A 1st world nation must be capable of doing both.