China discloses tasks of Shenzhou-14 crewed space mission

JIUQUAN, June 4 (Xinhua) — The upcoming Shenzhou-14 crewed house mission will full the development of the Tiangong house station, with a primary three-module construction consisting of the core module Tianhe and the lab modules Wentian and Mengtian, in keeping with the China Manned Area Company (CMSA) on Saturday.

The mission will construct the house station right into a nationwide house laboratory, stated Lin Xiqiang, deputy director of the CMSA, at a press convention.

China is about to launch the Shenzhou-14 crewed spaceship on Sunday from the Jiuquan Satellite tv for pc Launch Middle, sending three astronauts to its house station mixture for a six-month mission.

The Shenzhou-14 crew will work with the bottom crew to finish the rendezvous, docking and transposition of the 2 lab modules with the core module, Lin stated.

They may enter the 2 lab modules for the primary time and assist make the atmosphere appropriate for his or her keep, he stated, including that they’ll unlock and set up a dozen of scientific experiment cupboards within the two modules.

They may even perform related operate assessments on the two-module house station complicated, three-module house station complicated, massive and small mechanical arms, in addition to exit from the airlock cabin within the Wentian lab module, with the help of the bottom crew.

The crew will, for the primary time, use the airlock cabin in Wentian to hold out extravehicular actions for 2 to 3 instances, Lin stated.

They may proceed to provide “Tiangong Class” collection to college students for science popularization and carry out different actions for public good.

The trio may even perform in-orbit well being monitoring, protecting workouts, in-orbit coaching and drills, house station platform inspections and assessments, tools upkeep, in addition to station and materials administration.

Throughout their keep in orbit, the Shenzhou-14 crew will witness the 2 lab modules, Tianzhou-5 cargo craft and Shenzhou-15 crewed spaceship dock with the core module. They may expertise 9 house station complicated configurations and conduct rendezvous and docking for 5 instances.

The three astronauts will rotate with the Shenzhou-15 crew in orbit, earlier than returning to the Dongfeng touchdown web site in north China’s Internal Mongolia Autonomous Area in December, Lin stated.