Two weeks ago, Russia's Soyuz MS-25 manned spacecraft completed its launch mission and successfully docked with the dock node module of the International Space Station at 23 o'clock on March 25, Beijing time, and completed the first flight of Russia's manned space flight in 2024 with three cosmonauts. With the successful arrival of three astronauts, the number of astronauts stationed on the ISS has increased to 10, including four female astronauts!
Of course, there is a new manned spacecraft docking with the ISS, which means that the time has come for the handover, and the previously launched Soyuz MS-24 manned spacecraft will return to Earth with three astronauts!
According to the Russian Federal Space Agency, on April 6, the Soyuz MS-24 manned spacecraft successfully separated from the International Space Station and landed safely with three cosmonauts in the steppe near the central Kazakhstan city of Dezkazgan, and the recovery mission was a complete success!
The Soyuz MS-24 manned spacecraft returned with Russian cosmonaut Oleg Nowitsky, Belarusian cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya, and American astronaut Laura O'Hara, the first two of whom had just arrived at the International Space Station on Soyuz MS-25 and returned to Earth after a short stop! Another American astronaut, O'Hara, had been in orbit for 204 days, so this time he returned to Earth on Soyuz MS-24!
With the safe landing of the Soyuz MS-24 manned spacecraft of the Russian Federal Space Agency and the successful return of two female astronauts to Earth, there are still seven astronauts left on the ISS, including two female astronauts, and it can be seen that with the development of manned spaceflight, the number of female astronauts is also increasing!
In fact, manned spaceflight has to face a harsh, complex and multifaceted natural environment, and it will not become easier for female astronauts, on the contrary, women will sweat more for manned spaceflight, and of course, it also has its unique advantages in many aspects.
Of course, as the vast number of people who eat melons, everyone is even more happy to see the participation of women heroes in manned spaceflight, which means a spirit of hard work and perseverance.
With the construction and commissioning of the space station, China's manned space flight has also entered a high-speed development thing, and the manned flights twice a year are highly anticipated!
In 2024, China's space station has planned two manned launches, two cargo spacecraft launches, and two manned spacecraft recovery missions. At this stage, Tianzhou-7 has completed the launch, sending sufficient supplies to the Shenzhou-17 crew on the mission. As time progresses, the Shenzhou 17 manned mission is nearing the end, and they actually have to wait for the arrival of the Shenzhou 18 manned spacecraft before they return to the ground!
Two crews of six astronauts will be handed over in orbit, after which the Shenzhou-17 manned spacecraft crew Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin will return as planned.
At present, the Shenzhou 18 that will be launched at the end of the month and the Shenzhou 19 that will be launched in the second half of the year, the two crews of six astronauts have been determined, so will there be female astronauts to carry out the flight mission?
First of all, we can take a look at the composition of Chinese astronauts at this stage, mainly four batches, and the third batch of astronauts has begun to fly missions one after another, for example, there are four astronauts in the third batch of Shenzhou 16 and Shenzhou 17 crews.
So far, the selection of China's fourth batch of astronauts has been completed, and they will soon be included in the ranks for professional and systematic training to prepare for the subsequent near-earth space station flight and even manned lunar landing and other deep-space explorations! Of course, we will not see them in a short period of time!
According to the current situation, the recent near-earth space station flights will mainly be dominated by the second and third batches of astronauts, of which the second batch of astronauts will serve as the commander, with the traditional old belt and new model, with two third batch of astronauts flying into the space to carry out the mission!
Tang Hongbo, the commander of the Shenzhou-17 crew, once carried out the Shenzhou-12 manned mission, and was the first person to return to Tiangong in China's manned spaceflight, and he is also the Chinese astronaut who has flown in orbit for the longest time at this stage. And Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin are both part of China's third batch of astronauts, and they are on their first flight mission!
Then the command of the Shenzhou 18 manned mission will be selected from the astronauts who have carried out the Shenzhou 13 mission, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu choose one of the two, but according to the previous news, Wang Yaping has appeared in public many times to participate in activities, so it also means that she will not carry out manned missions in the near future!
Preliminarily inferred, Ye Guangfu is likely to carry the banner of the commander of Shenzhou 18. Similarly, Liu Yang has also appeared in public to participate in activities, which also means that she will not participate in the Shenzhou 18 and Shenzhou 19 flight missions.
In fact, there is another possibility, that is, there are 18 astronauts in the third batch of astronauts in China, including one female astronaut, and four astronauts in the third batch have already carried out flight missions, so the rest is 2 out of 14, so it is said that there is a possibility of female astronauts!
Shenzhou 18 will be launched at the end of the month, everyone will wait and see!
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