Xinhua News Agency Express: The astronaut crew for the Shenzhou-18 manned mission is composed of three astronauts, Ye Guangfu, Li Cong, and Li Guangsu, with Ye Guangfu as the commander.
Xinhua News Agency Express: According to the research and decision of the General Mission Headquarters of the Space Station Application and Development Stage, the mainland aims to launch the Shenzhou-18 manned spacecraft at 20:59 on April 25.
Xinhua News Agency Express: The selection of the fourth batch of astronauts on the mainland is about to be completed. After joining the team, they will work with active astronauts to carry out follow-up missions on the space station and realize the landing of Chinese on the moon.
Xinhua News Agency: Lin Xiqiang, spokesman for the China Manned Space Program and deputy director of the China Manned Space Engineering Office, said that he will step up research to promote foreign astronauts and space tourists to participate in space station flights.
Xinhua News Agency Express: Shenzhou-18 will go up to the experimental device and related samples, and will implement the first domestic in-orbit aquatic ecology research project, with zebrafish and goldfish algae as research objects, to establish a stable operation of the space self-circulating aquatic ecosystem in orbit, and achieve a breakthrough in the continent's cultivation of vertebrates in space.
Xinhua News Agency Express: During the Shenzhou-18 crew in orbit, it will carry out 6 out-of-cabin missions and 2 to 3 out-of-cabin activities.
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