The Shenzhou-18 astronauts have been announced, and Ye Guangfu, Li Cong, and Li Guangsu will form the youngest astronaut crew in history to carry out the Shenzhou-18 manned mission.
The first batch of astronauts Yang Liwei, Nie Haisheng, Fei Junlong, Zhai Zhigang, Liu Wang, Liu Boming, Zhang Xiaoguang, Jing Haipeng, and Deng Qingming; the second batch of astronauts Chen Dong, Tang Hongbo, Ye Guangfu, Wang Yaping, Liu Yang, Cai Xuzhe, and Zhang Lu. Six of the 18 astronauts in the third batch have been on mission, and four of the seven astronauts have appeared (Li Cong, Li Guangsu, Tang Shengjie, Jiang Xinlin)
This also means that only Yang Liwei, Liu Wang, and Zhang Xiaoguang are left in the first and second batches of astronauts. From the interview with the spokesperson of China's manned space program, it can be confirmed that the second and third batches of astronauts have become the main force in the application and development stage of the space station, and the first batch of astronauts has completed the historical mission (leading the second batch of astronauts to complete the construction of the space station)
That is to say, the first batch of astronauts has handed the baton to the second batch of astronauts, just as the first batch of astronauts led the second batch of astronauts, the second batch of astronauts is also leading the third batch of astronauts, and in the future, the third batch of astronauts will also lead the fourth batch of astronauts.
Then we can know that the second batch of astronauts will lead the second and third batches of astronauts to complete the construction of lunar scientific researchers, and the third and fourth batches of astronauts will be the main force in the operation and development of China's lunar scientific research station.
In this sense, the first batch of remaining astronauts Yang Liwei, Liu Wang, and Zhang Xiaoguang may not have the opportunity to carry out space missions, but they are not necessarily.
Because of the current space station development and operation mission and manned lunar mission alternately, Chinese astronauts are still relatively nervous, especially China's current astronauts, including the third batch of only 23 people, astronauts in the space station for a long time, after returning need to re-carry out recovery training, and then also need to re-train with new teammates, Tang Hongbo's 2 degrees to the sky for us to normalize the implementation of mission crew rotation and training has accumulated valuable experience, then this time interval is also about 2 years. (Returned September 17, 2021 - launched October 20, 2023)
At present, China's manned space missions are still very full, with two manned space station launches every year, so although the second and third batches of astronauts are the main force, the first batch of astronauts is still used as a supplement.
From this point of view, 59-year-old Yang Liwei still has a chance to fly again, the Shenzhou 19 manned spacecraft is expected to be launched in October 2024, Chen Dong, Tang Hongbo, Ye Guangfu, Liu Yang, Cai Xuzhe, Zhang Lu is not very likely to carry out the Shenzhou 19 mission (if Chen Dong executes Shenzhou 19, it will create a new history, from returning to Earth to performing the mission again, it will take only 1 year and 8 months, and this will be a great burden on the body, so the possibility is not high), and the possibility of Wang Yaping serving as a female commander is very low, although female astronauts have also made remarkable achievements in China's aerospace industry, but there are no women as spacecraft commanders, which may be related to the relatively few female astronauts in the team, and the commander needs to assume more important responsibilities。
Therefore, we can basically determine that Shenzhou 19 should be the first batch of astronauts to undertake the task of commanding the commander, among which Yang Liwei is more experienced, and the possibility of him being 001 is not low.
In fact, Yang Liwei has been training all the time, even as a backup of backup, the training that astronauts need to receive, Yang Liwei insists on completing it.
In the course of 20 years. As the first astronaut to land in space, his more important task is to use his experience to guide and help his teammates, so for a considerable period of time, Yang Liwei was responsible for the selection and training of astronauts.
As a backup astronaut from Shenzhou 12 to Shenzhou 15, Yang Liwei participated in the whole training, and the subjects of backup and main training, the training time, the content of training, and the intensity and standard of training are the same. According to Yang Liwei's interview, they carry out underwater out-of-cabin training, and when the time is long, it takes six or seven hours to go down at a time, and after the underwater astronauts have finished training, they sometimes have a hard time eating and holding chopsticks when they come back.
Yang Liwei went to space is also a full embodiment of the spirit of astronauts, after 21 years, our astronauts have always struggled in the front line of aerospace, as Yang Liwei himself said: astronauts choose not a profession, but a responsibility, to dedicate everything we have to the motherland's manned space industry.
Of course, this is a good hope for us, China's three astronaut captains, Fei Junlong, Jing Haipeng have realized their dream of entering the space station, Yang Liwei is also very much hoping to be stationed in China's own space station, and we also sincerely hope that Yang Liwei can realize his dream.