According to the China Manned Space Engineering Office
Through the space station application and development stage
The General Command of the Flight Mission studied and decided
The mainland is aiming for 20:59 on April 25
Launch of the Shenzhou-18 manned spacecraft
The astronaut crew on the Shenzhou-18 manned mission
It is composed of three astronauts: Ye Guangfu, Li Cong and Li Guangsu
Ye Guangfu served as the commander
The crew consisted of 1 astronaut of the second batch
and 2 astronauts of the third batch
All 3 are "post-80s"
Ye Guangfu
Biography of Comrade Ye Guangfu
Ye Guangfu, male, Han nationality, native of Chengdu, Sichuan, master's degree. Born in September 1980, he joined the army in August 1998, joined the Communist Party of China in May 2002, and is currently a first-class astronaut of the astronaut brigade of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, with the rank of colonel. He used to be the director of air combat shooting at the headquarters of a certain division and regiment of the Air Force Aviation Corps, and was rated as a first-class pilot of the Air Force. In May 2010, he was selected as the second batch of astronauts in the mainland, carried out the Shenzhou-13 manned mission in October 2021, and was awarded the honorary title of "Heroic Astronaut" by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the State Council, and the Central Military Commission in June 2022, and won the "Third-Class Aerospace Merit Medal". After a comprehensive evaluation, he was selected as the crew of the Shenzhou 18 manned mission and served as the commander.
Li Cong
Biography of Comrade Li Cong
Li Cong, male, Han nationality, native of Handan, Hebei Province, bachelor's degree. Born in October 1989, he joined the army in September 2009 and joined the Communist Party of China in June 2011, and is currently a fourth-class astronaut of the astronaut brigade of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, with the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Air Force. He used to be the deputy captain of the flight group of a brigade of the Air Force and was rated as a second-class pilot of the Air Force. In September 2020, he was selected as the third batch of astronauts in the mainland. After a comprehensive evaluation, he was selected as the crew of the Shenzhou 18 manned mission.
Li Guangsu
Biography of Comrade Li Guangsu
Li Guangsu, male, Han nationality, native of Pei County, Jiangsu, bachelor's degree. Born in July 1987, he joined the army in September 2006, joined the Communist Party of China in June 2011, and is currently a fourth-class astronaut of the astronaut brigade of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, with the rank of lieutenant colonel of the Air Force. He used to be the deputy captain of the flight group of a brigade of the Air Force Aviation Corps, and was rated as a first-class pilot of the Air Force. In September 2020, he was selected as the third batch of astronauts in the mainland. After a comprehensive evaluation, he was selected as the crew of the Shenzhou 18 manned mission.
During the dwell in orbit
Shenzhou-18 astronaut crew
The Tianzhou-8 cargo spacecraft will be ushered in
and the visit of the Shenzhou-19 manned spacecraft
It is scheduled for late October this year
Return to the Dongfeng landing site
The main mission of the Shenzhou-18 astronaut crew
Shenzhou-18 will go up to the experimental device and related samples, and will implement the first in-orbit aquatic ecology research project in China, with zebrafish and goldfish algae as research objects, 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.
During the Shenzhou-18 crew in orbit, it will carry out 6 out-of-cabin missions and 2 to 3 out-of-cabin activities.
According to the news at the press conference of the Shenzhou 18 manned mission
The selection of the fourth batch of astronauts on the mainland is about to be completed
They will join the active astronauts when they join the team
Implementation of space station follow-up missions
And realize the landing of Chinese on the moon
Spokesperson of China's manned space program
Lin Xiqiang, deputy director of the China Manned Space Engineering Office, said
We will step up research and promote foreign astronauts
and space tourists participating in space station flights
(Source: People's Daily)