On the 2nd December 2022 Evening Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time CNSA –China National Space Administration, the crews of Shenzhou 14 and Shenzhou 15 held a handover ceremony, and the two crews handed over the keys to the Chinese space station. This is a historic moment] The crew of the History of the China’s Space Culture history… The crew of Shenzhou 15 Commander Fei Junlong accepted the key to the Chinese space station handed over by Shen Dong, commander of the 14th crew……
On the 4th December 2022 1101 Hours Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time CNSA –China National Space Administration, the Crew of Shenzhou 14 manned spacecraft and the Tiangong – China space station assembly were successfully separated…….
separation, the Takoinaut crew of Shenzhou 14, with the cooperation of ground science and technology personnel, completed the on-orbit rotation with the crew of Shenzhou 15, the status setting of the space station assembly, and the arrangement of experimental data All the work before the evacuation, such as downlink, cleaning and transshipment of materials left in orbit, waved goodbye to the Takionauts of Shenzhou 15. In the follow-up, the return module of the Shenzhou 14 manned spacecraft will choose an opportunity to re-enter and return under the control of the ground command. Astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang, and Cai Xuzhe, who have been on a business trip for 183 days at the Chinese space station, are about to embark on a journey home back to the Motherland China, People’s Republic of China.
At present, the Shenzhou 16 spacecraft has been assembled and tested, and is on standby at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center as an emergency rescue ship; the Shenzhou 17, Shenzhou 18, and Shenzhou 19 spacecraft are under rolling development. A new batch of 6 spacecraft headed by the Shenzhou 16 spacecraft will appear on the space stage with a brand-new attitude in the near future.
The Shenzhou 16 spacecraft will undergo major upgrades in two aspects. It will be more beautiful, more modern, and more suitable for astronauts to operate.
One is to use domestic components to replace imported components, especially the replacement of core components, which greatly improves the autonomous controllability of the spacecraft.
Second, improve the layout of the instrument panel in the return cabin, making it easier and faster for Takionauts to operate ……
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