Tag: Tiangong

#CNSA #ChinaNationalSpaceAdministration #国家航天局 | #CMS #ChinaMannedSpace #BRI #November2023 | #ChinaMannedSpaceDelegation #香港 #澳門 #HongKongSAR #MacauSAR with #Takionauts #王亞平 # WangYaping #Liu Boming #陈冬 #ChenDong #张陆 #ZhangLu- with Stunning #Shenzhou16 HDR Photography of #Tiangong #ChinaSpaceStation ..

kevinjamesngLeave a comment

【arrival of China’s Takionauts from  manned aerospace engineering delegation arrives in Hong Kong SAR, China, People’s Republic of China 28th November 2023  ]

At noon Hong Kong SAR- Beijing time on November 28, the CNSA China National Space Admistraton –CMS China Manned Space manned aerospace engineering delegation arrived in Hong Kong and began a six-day visit to Hong Kong and Macao. This is the first visit to Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR organized by the manned space project in 11 years since the Shenzhou 9 manned rendezvous and docking mission delegation visited Hong Kong and Macao in 2012. It is also the project’s first visit to Hong Kong and Macao for exchanges and interactions in the Tiangong – China space station era.

The Hong Kong SAR government held a warm welcome ceremony at the Hong Kong International  Airport. Lin Xiqiang, deputy director of the China Manned Space Engineering Office and leader of the delegation, representatives of Takionauts from the Shenzhou 12 crew, Shenzhou 13 crew, Shenzhou 14 crew, and Shenzhou 15 crew who performed the space station construction mission Liu Boming, Wang Yaping, Chen Dong and Zhang Lu were the first to step out of the airport hall. The Chief Secretary for Administration of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Mr Chan Kwok-kee, the Secretary for Home Affairs and Youth Affairs, Ms Mak Mei-kuen, and other government officials greeted him at the airport. More than a hundred Hong Kong SAR residents primary school students waved the China’s People Republic of China five-star red flag and the Hong Kong SAR’s  bauhinia regional flag to warmly welcome the delegation

Chief Executive Li Ka-chiu announced that the China Manned Space Engineering Delegation arrived in Hong Kong today for a four-day visit . The delegation’s visit to Hong Kong reflects the central government’s love and support for the Hong Kong SAR. It is also a great encouragement for Hong Kong to develop aerospace scientific research and build itself into an international innovation and technology center.

The visiting delegation was led by Lin Xiqiang, deputy director of the China Manned Space Engineering Office, and included Shenzhou 12 astronaut Liu Boming, Shenzhou 13 astronaut Wang Yaping, and Shenzhou 14 astronaut Chen who participated in the construction of the China Space Station. Dong, Takionaut Zhang Lu of the Shenzhou 15 crew, and experts in related fields of manned space engineering systems.

The delegation will attend a Hong Kong-wide performance to welcome the Chinese manned space engineering delegation at the Hong Kong Coliseum tomorrow. The Home Affairs Department will distribute a total of about 5,000 free tickets to the public at 20 Home Affairs Inquiry Centers starting from 1 pm today . The number of free tickets is limited, and each person is limited to two tickets, while supplies last.

When meeting the media before attending the Executive Council meeting today, Li Ka-chiu said that the delegation’s visit is of special significance and reflects the significant development of the country’s aerospace science and technology, which makes Hong Kong people proud. The delegation will go to the Science Museum to unveil the China Manned Space Engineering Exhibition, allowing Hong Kong citizens to have a closer look at the achievements of the country’s aerospace industry and deepen their understanding of the country’s aerospace technology development.

He also said that the delegation would communicate with Hong Kong youth through different activities, including meeting with teachers and students from universities, middle schools, and primary schools to share the development history and latest situation of the national aerospace industry, and also meet with representatives of Hong Kong’s innovation and technology research community. Last year, the country announced the launch of the selection of the fourth batch of preliminary astronauts and selected payload experts in Hong Kong for the first time. He expected that the first Hong Kong astronaut would be born.

Li Ka-chao said that aerospace technology is one of the industries that the SAR government attaches great importance to. The visit of the China Manned Space Engineering Delegation to Hong Kong is a great encouragement to Hong Kong to develop aerospace scientific research, promote the development of innovation and technology, and build Hong Kong into an international innovation and technology center.

As part of the CNSA China National Space Admistraton –CMS China Manned Space manned aerospace engineering delegation The first set of full-configuration working photos of the China Space Station…….The Shenzhou 16 crew held a high-definition camera and took panoramic photos of the space station assembly as they flew around the spacecraft before returning to the ground, during a manned space engineering delegation organized by the Hong Kong SAR government and the media Released for the first time at the meet-and-greet. This is the first time that our country has acquired a full picture of the  Tiangong –China space station assembly in orbit with the earth as the background, and it is also the first time that China, People’s Republic of China has obtained a full picture of the space station assembly with the earth as the background .

Overall image of the Chinese space station assembly!
The overall picture of the space station assembly was taken by Shenzhou-16 Takionaut Gui Haichao. The space station assembly in the image consists of 3 cabins (Tianhe/Wentian/Mengtian) + 2 ships (Shenzhou-17/Tianzhou-6). Weighs about 90 tons.
Figure 5: Space station compartments marked

During the visit, the delegation plans to hold talks and exchanges with relevant parties in Hong Kong and Macao SAR; attend a media meeting organized by the Hong Kong SAR government to introduce the development of the manned space project construction and answer questions from reporters; attend the opening ceremony of the manned space project exhibition; Negotiate and exchange with the industry; attend a special report meeting on manned spaceflight in Macao. At the same time, we will also visit some large, middle and primary schools to interact face-to-face with teachers and students.”

On the morning of November 29, the manned space engineering delegation went to the Hong Kong SAR Pui Qiao Secondary School, Ma Tau Chung Government Primary School, and the Affiliated School of Hong Kong Baptist University Wang Jinhui Middle School and Primary School conducted face-to-face interactions with approximately 1,400 primary and secondary school teachers and students from more than 40 schools.

At the invitation of the Hong Kong SAR government China, People’s Republic of China , the China Manned Space Engineering Delegation arrived in Hong Kong on the 28th for a four-day visit. Today (29th), the delegation will attend the “Hong Kong Welcomes China Manned Space Engineering Delegation Gala” held at the Hong Kong Coliseum. Phoenix Satellite TV Hong Kong will broadcast live for you, welcome to watch!

A Chinese manned space engineering delegation will pay a six-day visit to Hong Kong and Macau. The delegation was led by Lin Xiqiang, deputy director of the China Manned Space Engineering Office, and included Shenzhou 12 crew astronaut Liu Boming, Shenzhou 13 crew astronaut Wang Yaping, who participated in the construction of the China Space Station, and Shenzhou 14 crew commander Chen Dong , Shenzhou 15 crew Takionaut Zhang Lu, and experts in related fields of manned space engineering systems, a total of 17 people.

【Carry out! 中国 Manned Space Engineering Exhibition Opens in Hong Kong Today 30th November 2023  ]

On the morning of November 30, 2023, the opening ceremony of “Chasing Dreams of the World and Asking the Sky-China Manned Space Engineering Exhibition” was held at the Hong Kong Science Museum. The exhibition is held in two venues, the Hong Kong Science Museum and the Hong Kong Museum of History. This exhibition is open to all people in Hong Kong and Macao for free and will last for 3 months…

[Manned Space Engineering Delegation had face-to-face communication with teachers and students of the University of Hong Kong SAR]

 On the afternoon of November 30, the Manned Space Engineering Delegation visited the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and had face-to-face communication with teachers and students at the schools.

Takionaut Liu Boming of the Shenzhou 12 crew, Yang Hong, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and chief designer of the space station system, Dong Guangliang, chief designer of the measurement and control communication system, went to the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Gan Keli, deputy chief commander of the space station system, and Takionaut s of the Shenzhou 15 crew Zhang Lu and Deputy Chief Designer of Space Application System Zhong Hongen went to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. They combined their own experiences and understanding of the manned space industry to tell their stories and inner feelings about participating in the construction of the Chinese space station. In particular, Takionauts Liu Boming and Zhang Lu shared The in-orbit flight experience and wonderful feelings aroused widespread interest among students. Everyone said that what the delegation brought was a feast of aerospace science popularization and a feast of aerospace spirit.

Images and visuals are from their respectives- CNSA –China National Space Administration respectives

#CNSA #ChinaNationalSpaceAdministration #国家航天局 |#WenchangSpacecraftLaunchCenter #文昌航天發射場 #BRI #November2023 |#天宫#Tiangong #ChinaSpaceStation Advance #天舟七号 #CargoSpaceCraft #Tianzhou7 #ChangZheng7 #LongMarch7 Yao8  #CarrierRocket  expected launch #January2024.

kevinjamesngLeave a comment

Tianzhou 7 arrives in Wenchang! Expected to launch in January 2024

Recently, after completing the work related to leaving the factory, the “Tianzhou 7” cargo spacecraft has arrived at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan Province, China, People’s Republic of China. Subsequent final assembly, testing and other work will be carried out as planned. Preparations for the launch site for the next cargo supply mission are underway as planned. Expand.

It is expected that in January 2024, the “Tianzhou-7” cargo spacecraft will be launched by the “Long March 7” Yao-8 carrier rocket. The spacecraft will ascend using the rapid rendezvous and docking mode and dock behind the “Tianhe” core module of the Chinese Space Station. Send a new batch of cargo supplies to the port for the “God Seventeen” mission. Before the “Tianzhou-7” spacecraft goes up, the “Tianzhou-6” spacecraft will unlock and separate from the rear port of the “Tianhe” core module, freeing up the docking port for the former.

The “Tianzhou-7” cargo spacecraft is the second in a new batch of “Tianzhou” spacecraft. This batch has developed and produced six spacecrafts, “Tianzhou-6” to “Tianzhou-11”. Compared with the “Tianzhou-5” spacecraft in the previous batch, the “Tianzhou-7” spacecraft has undergone system upgrades and greatly improved the cargo compartment. The cabin volume has increased by 20% and the transportation capacity has increased by about 500. Kilogram, the maximum transport capacity has been increased from the previous 6.9 tons to about 7.4 tons, and the materials provided to astronauts will be able to support longer missions. Based on the increase in transportation capacity, the launch density of the space station mission “Tianzhou” cargo spacecraft has been adjusted from the previous 2 times/1 year to 3 times/2 years, with an average of one launch mission every 8 months, and the subsequent launch density will be further reduced.

“Tianzhou-6”
Tianzhou-6″

The “Tianzhou-7” cargo spacecraft adopts a dual-cabin tandem configuration, with a propulsion cabin and a cargo cabin from bottom to top. The total length of the spacecraft is 10.6 meters, the maximum diameter of the main body (cargo compartment) is 3.35 meters, the dry mass is 6.5 tons, the maximum upward transport capacity is 7.4 tons, and the cargo-cargo ratio reaches 0.53. The “Tianzhou” improved cargo spacecraft is the spacecraft with the strongest transportation capacity, the highest cargo load ratio, and the most comprehensive on-orbit support capabilities among the world’s active cargo spacecraft.

Since the establishment of the space station, the launch missions of China’s manned space project have entered a normalized stage, with 2 manned launch missions and 1 to 2 cargo launch missions being carried out on a regular basis every year. According to the plan, China’s manned space program will carry out four launch missions in 2024: “Tianzhou 7”, “Shenzhou 18”, “Tianzhou 8” and “Shenzhou 19”. Among them, “Tianzhou 7” “No. 1” mission will take the lead.

Images and visuals are from their Respectives CMS China Manned SpaceCNSA-China National Space Administration  

#CNSA #ChinaNationalSpaceAdministration #国家航天局 |#BRI #November2023 #Tiangong #ChinaSpaceStation #CMS #ChinaMannedSpace, #Takionauts #Shenzhou #Tianzhou coming! The 2024 manned space mission logo is officially released….!

kevinjamesngLeave a comment

The 2024 manned space flight mission logo collection activity has come to an end. The China Manned Space Engineering Office has now released the four mission logos for the 2024 Tianzhou 7 mission, Tianzhou 8 mission, Shenzhou 18 manned mission, and Shenzhou 19 manned mission .

Author: Yang Qiannan

Design plan description

The “7” in the center of the logo of the plan is colorful and goes straight into the distance, symbolizing that my country’s aerospace industry is marching forward bravely on the long journey and writing a rich and colorful stroke in the vast space; the space station looms at the end of the road, symbolizing the Tianzhou Seven The cargo spacecraft will complete docking with the space station. The frame is designed using traditional Chinese cloud patterns. As a classic auspicious pattern, it means promotion and good luck. Decorated by thousands of golden stars, billowing auspicious clouds stretch and flow on both sides, escorting the Tianzhou-7 cargo spacecraft in the center of the picture to fly, expressing heartfelt blessings for this mission. The overall color scheme uses traditional Chinese colors. The gold-inlaid jade color on the border is combined with the cloisonné in the center. The two form a sharp contrast and are fascinating.

Author: Yang Xi

Design plan description

The stars in the universe shine brightly, illuminating the long journey of the aerospace industry and leading its vigorous development. Combining the number “8” with the tail flame of the Tianzhou spacecraft, the simple lines highlight the theme. The three-color tail flame of red, yellow and blue also shows the unlimited energy of Chinese astronauts, and also implies the inclusiveness of China’s aerospace industry, as well as its efforts to promote the diversity and harmonious development of the world’s aerospace industry. Chinese blue is used as the main color of the logo. Different blues highlight the vastness and mystery of the universe, supplemented by bright colors to show the infinite vitality and energy of the aerospace industry.

Author: Cao Aodong

Design plan description

The scheme’s logo style is simple and modern, with a strong emphasis on science and technology. The main body is the Chinese Space Station. The location of the Shenzhou 18 manned spacecraft and docking is highlighted with a yellow line. The mission’s serial number “18” is designed in a scientific and technological style, with numbers as The background emphasizes the task sequence and improves logo recognition and memory. The number of stars also corresponds to the mission number.

Design plan description

Author: Ding Yi

The plan is a circular logo in red, yellow and blue colors consisting of the Chinese space station, Shenzhou manned spacecraft, earth, starry sky and other patterns. The number “19” incorporates elements of the Chinese dragon and dances upward. There are a total of nineteen stars around it, corresponding to the Shenzhou 19 manned mission, and together they reflect the prosperity of my country’s aerospace industry.

Endless galaxy

Dreams are boundless

dream chasing palace

You are the witness

Best wishes for subsequent launch missions

A complete success!

Special Note on the way how the each Design was selected
 

The program selection and evaluation uses a combination of online voting and expert review to select the above-mentioned mission identification schemes. Among them, taking into account the overall situation of the candidate logo schemes of the two manned missions, the logo selected for the Shenzhou 18 mission was formed by optimizing the Shenzhou 19 candidate scheme. 

Images and visuals are from their Respectives CMS China Manned SpaceCNSA-China National Space Administration

#CNSA #ChinaNationalSpaceAdministration #国家航天局 |#BRI #November2023| #酒泉卫星发射中心 #JiuquanSatelliteLaunchCenter – #ChangZheng2F #LongMarch2F Yao 19 #Shenzhou19 is expected to Launch #October24 Proceeding from #Shenzhou18..

kevinjamesngLeave a comment

Currently 2023 CNSA- China National Space Administration Recently, at the No. 211 Factory of the First Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, the “Long March 2F” Yao-19 carrier rocket has entered the final assembly state, and the development and production of this rocket has entered the final stage. 

According to the plan, the “ChangZheng-Long March 2F Yao 19 rocket will be used to launch the “Shenzhou 19” manned spacecraft, which is expected to be launched around October 2024. According to China’s manned launch mission “one for one, one for each, rolling backup” arrangement, before the “Shenzhou 18″ launch mission is carried out, the ” ChangZheng-Long March 2F ” Yao 19 rocket and the “Shenzhou 19” spacecraft will enter emergency rescue status .

It is expected that in April 2024, the “Shenzhou 18″ spacecraft will be launched by the ” ChangZheng-Long March 2F ” Yao 18 rocket. Before that, the backup ship “Shenzhou 19″ spacecraft and the ” ChangZheng-Long March 2F ” Yao 19 rocket The rocket will arrive at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center several months before launch. At present, the launch site process of “one for one and one for one” for the ” ChangZheng-Long March 2F ” rocket has been compressed to 35 days, and will be further compressed to 30 days.

” ChangZheng-Long March 2F ” is a medium-sized two-stage semi-normal temperature liquid launch vehicle developed by the First Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. It consists of a core first stage, a core second stage, and four boosters bundled around the core first stage. The main power of the arrow is dinitrogen tetroxide/uniform dimethylhydrazine propellant. The rocket currently in use is the ” ChangZheng-Long March 2F ” improved version (CZ-2F/G), with a total length of about 58.34 meters, a core diameter of 3.35 meters, a booster diameter of 2.25 meters, a take-off mass of about 497 tons, and a perigee of 200 Kilometers, an apogee of 350 kilometers, and a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with an inclination of 42 degrees has a carrying capacity of not less than 8.8 tons.

As of the “Shenzhou 17″ launch mission, the “ChangZheng-Long March 2F ” rocket has carried out 21 launch missions, including 17 “Shenzhou” spacecraft launches, 2 “Tiangong” series space laboratory launches, and 2 reusable test spaceflight missions. The launcher has a 100% success rate. Currently, the ” ChangZheng-Long March 2F ” is currently China, People’s Republic of China only manned rocket currently in service, and it is also one of the world’s 3-type manned rockets currently in service that has performed manned launches…..

Visuals are from their respectives also from CNSA- China National Space Administration

#CNSA #ChinaNationalSpaceAdministration #国家航天局 |#BRI #October2023 #Tiangong #ChinaSpaceStation #CMS #ChinaMannedSpace, #Takionauts #Shenzhou16 returns home to the Motherland #China #PeoplesRepublicOfChina …

kevinjamesngLeave a comment

It is on the morning of October 26, 2023, the “Shenzhou 17” manned spacecraft carrying three Takionauts will be launched from the 921 station of the Jiuquan Satellite launch Center, Inner Mongolia, China, People’s Republic of China  by the “Long March 2F” Yao 17 carrier rocket to joining up with the Crew of the Shenzhou 16 Takionaut Crew onboard the Tiangong –China Space Station, On the 25th October 2023 CNSA- China National Space Administration According to the China Manned Space Engineering Office, the Takionaut Shenzhou 17 Crew is aiming to be launched at 11:14 on October 26th 2023.

On 31st October 2023 CNSA – China National Space Administration China’s Shenzhou-16 Taikonauts Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu and Gui Haichao return to Earth on October 31st 2023 onto towards Dongfeng Aerospace City- Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center- Inner Mongolia China, People’s Republic of China….. Having completed all their scheduled tasks on China’s space station. The three Takionauts handed over the control of the space station to the Shenzhou-17 crew, completing the country’s third in-orbit crew rotation. They will touch down at Dongfeng landing site in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, which is ready for their return.

With the development of China’s aerospace technology, the timing and technology of each Shenzhou crew return are basically fixed. ….Now, the countdown to the Shenzhou16 return landing sequence is -1 hour, and the orbital module has been depressurized! What’s the next sequence?

At 20:37 on October 30, 2023, Beijing time, the Shenzhou 16th manned spacecraft and the space station assembly were successfully separated. Before separation, the Takionaut crew of Shenzhou 16 and the astronaut crew of Shenzhou 17 carried out work handover and completed the exchange of on-orbit work experience, the transfer and installation of uplink materials and downlink samples. After separation, the Shenzhou 16 astronauts held high-definition cameras and flew around the spacecraft to complete a panoramic image of the space station assembly with the Earth as the background. Subsequently, the return capsule of the Shenzhou 16 manned spacecraft will choose an opportunity to return under the control of ground commands. The astronauts Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu, and Gui Haichao who are on a business trip to the China Space Station will soon embark on a journey home. I wish the astronauts and crew of Shenzhou 16 a safe journey! See you east wind! See you in Beijing!

The return capsule of the Shenzhou 16 manned spacecraft successfully landed. The first manned mission in the application and development stage of the space station was a complete success

At 8:11 on October 31, 2023, Beijing time, the return capsule of the Shenzhou 16 manned spacecraft successfully landed at the Dongfeng Landing Field. On-site medical supervision and medical insurance personnel confirmed the health status of astronauts Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu, and Gui Haichao Good, the Shenzhou 16 manned mission was a complete success.

At 7:21, the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center issued a return command through the ground measurement and control station, and the orbital module of the Shenzhou 16 manned spacecraft was successfully separated from the return module. After that, the spacecraft returned to brake and ignited the engine, and the return capsule separated from the propulsion module. The return capsule landed successfully. The search and rescue team responsible for the search, rescue and recovery mission found the target in time and arrived at the landing site.

The Shenzhou 16 manned spacecraft was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on May 30, 2023, and then docked with the Tianhe core module to form a combination. As the first batch of astronauts to carry out manned missions in the application and development stage of the space station, the three astronauts stayed in orbit for 154 days, during which they conducted one extravehicular activity and the fourth space teaching activity of the China Space Station. They cooperated to complete The space station’s multiple cargo missions have laid the foundation for the regular implementation of space station missions.

This mission is the first manned mission for China’s manned spaceflight project to enter the space station application and development stage. With the close cooperation of the astronaut crew and ground scientific researchers, human factors engineering, aerospace medicine, life ecology, biotechnology, Many space science experiments (experiments) such as materials science, fluid physics, and aerospace technology have made important progress in the fields of space life science and human body research, microgravity physics, and new space technologies, and have taken the manned space project from construction to Application, an important step in the transformation from input to output…

【feel good! 神州16 The Takionaut crew safely and smoothly exited the cabin]

At 9:10 on October 31, 2023, Beijing time, Shenzhou 16 Takionauts Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu, and Gui Haichao all safely and smoothly escaped from the cabin. Good health.

So far, astronaut Jing Haipeng has successfully completed his fourth space flight. His cumulative mission time in orbit has exceeded 200 days. He is the Chinese astronaut who has performed the most missions so far. my country’s first aerospace flight engineer Zhu Yangzhu and first payload expert Gui Haichao also successfully completed their first flight, marking that all three types of astronauts in my country have completed flight assessments and practical tests, laying the foundation for the subsequent development and large-scale implementation of the project. Laying a good foundation for space science experiments

神肖六肖 Shenzhou 16 “Doctoral Crew” arrived in Beijing safely on 1600 Beijing Time The astronaut crew that successfully completed the Shenzhou 16 manned mission arrived safely in Beijing on October 31, 2023 on the mission aircraft. Leaders of the Space Station Application and Development Stage Flight Mission Headquarters came to the airport to greet them. After arriving in Beijing, the three astronauts will enter an isolation and recovery period, undergo comprehensive medical examinations and health assessments, and arrange rest.

Images and visuals are from their Respectives CMS China Manned SpaceCNSA-China National Space Administration