At around 8:43 a.m. today, the Shenzhou-17 spacecraft carried the Shenzhou-17 astronaut crew, successfully evacuated the Chinese space station, and embarked on the road home. At the moment, the Divine XVII crew is in good shape. According to the plan, the Shenzhou-17 manned spacecraft is expected to return to the Dongfeng landing site this afternoon. At this moment, at the Dongfeng landing site, five helicopters of the Shenzhou 17 search and rescue recovery air detachment are also flying to the air detachment assembly point.
CCTV reporter Wang Gang: The location where I am now is the assembly point of the air detachment, and five helicopters have landed at the assembly point one after another. The crew will also inspect the plane again before taking off this afternoon.
A total of five helicopters participated in the mission: a command plane, a communication plane, a medical supervision and rescue plane, and two medical rescue planes.
The personnel of the air detachment this time are still composed of search and rescue team members, medical supervision and medical insurance personnel, and disposal personnel of the return capsule, but there are some new changes in the post, in addition to experienced veterans, there are more young people on the front line, such as this time to assist the astronauts out of the capsule is a post-85 doctor. Among the crew, in addition to experienced pilots, there are also two young female pilots who serve as ground commanders this time.
According to the plan, the Shen-17 manned spacecraft will adopt a five-lap rapid return plan, and will go through four stages, including braking deorbiting, free coasting, re-entering the atmosphere, and parachute landing.
Editor/Tan Weiping