At 23:08 Beijing time on November 29, 2022, astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu were launched on the "Shenzhou 15" manned spacecraft, and the last stick of the construction of the Chinese space station in orbit began. As of 23:08 on January 21, 2023, the "Shen Fifteen" crew has flown for 53 days, and there have been new changes in the list of total flight hours of Chinese astronauts.
Previously, as of 23:08 on January 11, 2023, the flight duration of the "Shen Fifteen" crew reached 43 days, which is already the total flight time of Fei Junlong, the commander of the second flight, and achieved a new achievement. In the "Shenliu" mission, Fei Junlong was launched at 09:00 on October 12, 2005, and then successfully landed at 04:33 on October 17, with a flight duration of 4 days, 19 hours and 33 minutes. By the above cut-off time, astronaut Fei Junlong's total flight time reached 48 days, 19 hours and 33 minutes, which has surpassed astronaut Jing Haipeng and risen to the 10th place in the list of total flight time of Chinese astronauts.
At present, astronaut Jing Haipeng has carried out three flight missions such as "Shen 7", "Shen 9" and "Shen 11", of which the "Shen 7" spacecraft was launched at 21:10 on September 25, 2008 and landed at 17:37 on September 28, with a flight duration of 2 days, 20 hours and 27 minutes; The Shenjiu spacecraft was launched at 18:37 on June 16, 2012 and landed at 10:05 on June 29, with a flight duration of 12 days, 15 hours and 28 minutes; The Shen 11 spacecraft was launched at 07:30 on October 17, 2016 and landed at 13:59 on November 18, with a flight duration of 32 days, 6 hours and 29 minutes, and a total flight duration of 47 days, 18 hours and 24 minutes.
As of 23:08 on January 16, the flight duration of the first astronauts Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu has reached 48 days, which has surpassed Jing Haipeng and ranked 11th in the list of total flight time of astronauts, and has achieved new achievements in space. It is expected that by March this year, the flight time of the three astronauts of the "Shen 15" crew will surpass that of the three astronauts of the "Shen 12" crew Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo, rising to 7 to 9 places in the total flight time list of astronauts. By the end of the "Shen Fifteen" crew mission, Fei Junlong's total flight time will surpass Ye Guangfu and Cai Xuzhe and rise to the top 5 position.
On the occasion of bidding farewell to the Lunar Year of the Tiger and welcoming the Lunar Year of the Rabbit, the "Shen Fifteen" crew became China's second astronaut crew to spend the Spring Festival in space. At present, the crew's on-orbit time is close to 1/3 of the mission time, and the work and life are gradually improving. In the next mission period, the crew will carry out 3-4 out-of-cabin activities to complete the installation of the expansion pump set and load exposure platform equipment of the Mengtian cabin; Verify the working mode of cargo airlock cabin exit, and cooperate with the ground to complete 6 cargo exit tasks; and a series of work, new challenges are coming, and the crew will expand the scope of work.
Author: Dabai Gao Guo