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..
At 21:40 on July 20, 2023, Shenzhou 16 Takionauts Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu, and Gui Haichao worked closely together to successfully complete all the scheduled tasks for the out-of-vehicle activities. The three astronauts interacted frequently during the whole process of leaving the cabin, and easily completed the work of raising the three panoramic cameras outside the cabin.
[The crew of Shenzhou 16 Takionauts successfully completed all the scheduled tasks for the out-of-vehicle activities]
According to the CNSA – China National Space Administration – China Manned Space Engineering Office, at 21:40 on July 20, 2023, Hong Kong SAR Beijing time, after about 8 hours of out-of-vehicle activities, Shenzhou 16 Takionauts Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu, and Gui Haichao worked closely together, and with the support of the space station’s robotic arm, they successfully completed all the scheduled tasks for extravehicular activities. Takionauts Jing Haipeng and Zhu Yangzhu have safely returned to the space station. The experiment cabin and out-of-cabin activities were a complete success.
During the Takionauts ‘ out-of-vehicle activities, the installation and lifting of the in-orbit support for the panoramic camera B of the core module, and the unlocking and lifting of the panoramic cameras A and B of the dream capsule were completed. The whole process went smoothly and successfully. Takionauts Jing Haipeng, who has flown for four times, cooperated with the out-of-vehicle activity from the cabin of Shenzhou-7. With 15 years of perseverance, he realized the dream of “spacewalking”; astronaut Zhu Yangzhu became my country’s first out-of-vehicle activity Active Spaceflight Engineer.
According to the plan, in the future, the Takionauts crew will also carry out a large number of space science experiments (tests), and participate in the completion of multiple application load out-of-cabin installation tasks…
Shenzhou 16 Takionauts Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu, and Gui Haichao worked closely together, and with the support of the space station’s robotic arm, they successfully completed all the scheduled tasks for the out-of-vehicle activities. Astronauts Jing Haipeng and Zhu Yangzhu have safely returned to the Wentian experimental module of the space station.
During the Takionauts ‘ out-of-vehicle activities, the installation and lifting of the in-orbit support for the panoramic camera B of the core module, and the unlocking and lifting of the panoramic cameras A and B of the dream capsule were completed. The whole process went smoothly and successfully.Takionauts Jing Haipeng, who has flown four times, cooperated from the Shenzhou 7 capsule to this extravehicular activity. With 15 years of perseverance, he realized the dream of “spacewalking”.
According to the plan, in the future, the astronaut crew will also carry out a large number of space science experiments (tests), and participate in the completion of multiple application load out-of-cabin installation tasks…..
The activity area of this extravehicular activity covers multiple quadrants of the third cabin of the space station. The panoramic camera of the Tianhe cabin is different from the two experimental cabins. The panoramic camera of the experimental cabin has been optimized to simplify the lifting steps and save effort; the panoramic camera of the Tianhe cabin needs more steps to complete the lifting (for details, please refer to God The four out-of-vehicle activities of Twelve and God Thirteen, the process of raising the panoramic camera is introduced).
The long path between the operating areas and many quadrants involved also means that the Takionauts need to spend more time for transfer, which may be one of the reasons why the time spent on this extravehicular activity is close to the critical value of the extravehicular suit.
Images and visuals are from their Respectives CMS China Manned SpaceCNSA-China National Space Administration
