On the day of April 17th Wednesday 2024 Hours Hong- Kong SAR – Beijing time CNSA –China National Space Administration , China, People’s Republic of China, the Shenzhou 18 Chang Zheng-Long March 2F, Y18 has been rollout from it’s Vertical Assembly Building The eight-launch vehicle assembly has been transferred to the launch area. At present, the facilities and equipment at the launch site are in good condition, and various pre-launch functional inspections, joint tests and other work will be carried out as planned. The launch is planned to be carried out in the near future.
Shenzhou 18 is a planned Chinese spaceflight to the Tiangong space station, expected to launch in 25 April 2024, near the end of the Shenzhou 17 mission. It will carry three Taikonauts on board a Shenzhou spacecraft. In which will stay in the Tiangong – China-Space Station for 180 Days in space orbiting around the Planet earth it’s expected to launch on the 25h April 2024..
According to news on May 29, 2023, Shenzhou 18 is undergoing final assembly and testing of the entire ship before leaving the factory. Other spacecraft in this batch have entered the stand-alone development stage.
According to CCTV news on January 18, 2024, Yang Liwei, deputy chief designer of China’s manned space program, introduced that the six Taikonauts…. in the two flight crews of Shenzhou 18 and Shenzhou 17 have been identified, and they are conducting more targeted missions. Train. In addition, China’s manned moon landing will be accelerated and steadily advanced…
The logo of the Shenzhou 18th manned mission is simple and modern, with a strong sense of science and technology. The main body is the Chinese Space Station. The location of the Shenzhou 18th manned spacecraft and docking is highlighted with a yellow line. The mission’s serial number “18” adopts a sense of science and technology. The style design uses numbers as the background to emphasize the task sequence and improve the recognition and memorability of the logo. The number of stars also corresponds to the mission number
In 2024, the project plans 2 manned missions and 2 cargo spacecraft replenishment missions. The Tianzhou 7 cargo spacecraft replenishment mission was successfully completed in January, and Shenzhou 18 and Shenzhou 19 2 will be implemented in the future. manned mission and Tianzhou-8 cargo spacecraft supply mission
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