On the 30th May 2023 clear 0931 Hours Morning Hong Kong SAR- Beijing time , the Belt and Road InitiativeCNSA –China National Space Administration from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center – Inner Mongolia –China – People’s Republic of China deployment of the Chang Zheng – The Chang Zheng – Long March 2F Yao 16 –Shenzhou 16 carrier rocket.. On which Takionauts Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu, and Gui Haichao took to the predetermined orbit. The first manned flight mission in the application and development stage was a complete success. The three astronauts will stay in the space station and “join up” with the crew of Shenzhou 15 to carry out on-orbit handover “face-to-face” meeting in which brings the total crew of six with a handover ceremony from Shenzhou 15 towards 16..
As of 09:31 on July 16, 2023, “Shenzhou 16” Takionauts Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu, and Gui Haichao have been flying for 47 days. The total flight time ranking is undergoing a new change.
Takionaut Jing Haipeng has carried out four manned missions including “Shenzhen 7”, “Shenzhen 9”, “Shenzhen 11” and “Shenzhen 16”. long Takionaut. The “Shenzhen VII” spacecraft ignited and took off at 21:10 on September 25, 2008, and landed at 17:37 on September 28. The flight time of the astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Liu Boming and Jing Haipeng was 2 days, 20 hours and 27 minutes. From 18:37 on June 16, 2012 to 10:05 on June 29, astronauts Jing Haipeng, Liu Wang, and Liu Yang carried out the “Shenzhen Nine” mission in 12 days, 15 hours and 28 minutes. From 07:30, October 17, 2016 to 13:59, November 18, 2016, Takionauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong partnered to carry out the “God 11” mission, with a flight time of 32 days, 6 hours and 29 minutes. Before the “God 16” mission, the total flight time of Jing Haipeng’s first three missions was 47 days, 18 hours and 24 minutes.
As of 16:07 on July 16, 2023, Jing Haipeng’s total flight time will reach 95 days and 1 hour, surpassing Liu Boming and ranking 11th among Chinese Takionauts. Liu Boming has carried out two missions including “Shenzhen 7” and “Shenzhen 12”. The total flight time was 95 days and 35 minutes.
During the period when the “Shenzhen XVI” crew was in orbit, large-scale space science experiments were carried out on a rolling basis, and the work of space application systems such as the out-of-cabin installation of the space radiation biology exposure experiment device in the “Mengtian” experimental cabin has been completed as planned. At the same time, the “Shenzhen XVI” crew is preparing for the first out of the cabin, which will be the first out of the third batch of astronauts, who will perform it? What extravehicular work will be done?
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