The three astronaut crews of the Shenzhou 18 manned mission were finally announced, astronaut Ye Guangfu served as the commander of the second space, and the astronauts of No. 02 and No. 03 made their first public appearance to participate in the mission, and the Shenzhou 18 manned spacecraft will take three astronauts to launch at 20:59 on April 25, and the six astronauts will complete the space rendezvous a few hours later.
Everyone has been looking forward to the Shenzhou-18 manned launch mission for a long time, because it is the first launch of China's manned space flight in 2024, followed by the launch of the Shenzhou-19 manned spacecraft and a Tianzhou-8 cargo spacecraft.
Ye Guangfu is the commander of the Shenzhou 18 mission crew, and the 02 astronauts and 03 astronauts are Li Cong and Li Guangsu respectively, we can learn the details of the three astronauts in turn!
The crew of three astronauts, everyone is most familiar with Ye Guangfu, he has previously carried out the Shenzhou 13 manned mission, but about three years ago Ye Guangfu still entered space as a "newcomer", led by Zhai Zhigang and Wang Yaping for a six-month mission. Shenzhou-13 is the last launch mission in the key technology verification stage of China's space station, and it has also achieved a number of firsts!
For the first time, the Shenzhou-13 manned spacecraft will be in orbit for six months, which is also the "standard time" for China's manned space station near-earth space station missions for a long time in the future.
At present, Tang Hongbo has the longest in-orbit flight time among China's in-service astronauts, as the first person to return to Tiangong, Tang Hongbo is currently carrying out the Shenzhou 17 manned flight mission, which will soon reach six months of flight time, and after completing the handover task of the six astronauts in orbit, Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin will return to the earth, and Tang Hongbo's total space flight time has reached 9 months.
And Shenzhou 18 commander Ye Guangfu will break this record, he is the second person in China's manned space flight to return to Tiangong, after he completes this mission, the total time of space flight will reach 12 months, exactly one year!
We can see that the other two members of the Shenzhou 18 manned flight crew are "new faces", and the reason why they are called new is mainly because it is the first time to meet with everyone publicly, and it is also the first time to carry out a manned mission.
Li Cong is the No. 02 astronaut of the Shenzhou-18 manned mission, and he is the first public appearance to participate in the mission, which also means that he is a member of China's third batch of astronauts, and like Ye Guangfu, he is also a post-80s generation! Li Guangsu is the No. 03 astronaut of the Shenzhou-18 manned mission, and like Li Cong, he is also a member of China's third batch of astronauts, and this is the third post-80s of the Shenzhou-18 crew.
The average age of the Shenzhou 18 manned flight crew is still very small, Ye Guangfu was born in 1980 and is five years younger than Tang Hongbo, so far only Chen Dong and Tang Hongbo have served as commanders in China's second batch of astronauts, and Ye Guangfu will become the third, its age has also broken the record, becoming the youngest commander in the history of China's manned spaceflight.
Of course, this is not counting Yang Liwei's Shenzhou 5 flight mission, there is only one person in the crew, Yang Liwei is naturally the commander, and he was only 38 years old at the time. Therefore, the Shenzhou 18 crew will also replace the Shenzhou 17 crew with the title of "the youngest crew in history"!
According to the press conference of the Shenzhou-18 manned launch mission, the Shenzhou-18 manned flight crew will carry out 2-3 out-of-cabin spacewalks during the orbit, and inspect the external pipelines and outer surfaces of the space station as appropriate.
The development of China's manned spaceflight is worth looking forward to, before 2030, we will also carry out manned landing on the moon, these "warriors" who have been constantly trained may eventually stand on the moon or even Mars, and the fourth batch of China's reserve astronauts has also been selected and will soon be listed, and the future is their world and stage.
Finally, I wish the launch of the Shenzhou-18 manned spacecraft, and Shenzhou-17 is scheduled to return to the Dongfeng landing site on April 30.
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