In 2024, China has planned a total of six missions for manned spaceflight, including two manned spacecraft launches, two cargo spacecraft launches, and two manned spacecraft recovery missions. So far, half of the manned space missions in 2024 have been completed, and the Shenzhou-18 manned spacecraft has been successfully launched into orbit, replacing Shenzhou-17 to continue the space mission!
At present, the Shenzhou 17 crew is undergoing recovery training, after all, the impact of six months of space flight on the astronauts' bodies is still visible to the naked eye, returning to Earth from space, the three astronauts need medical supervision and medical insurance personnel to be lifted out of the return capsule, mainly because the weightless environment of space flight leads to the astronauts' osteoporosis and muscle loss, and there must be enough time to re-adapt to gravity!
The commander of the Shenzhou 18 crew is Ye Guangfu, who has carried out the Shenzhou 13 manned mission, and the astronauts of No. 02 and No. 03 are Li Cong and Li Guangsu respectively, they are China's third batch of astronauts, belonging to the aerospace "newcomer", and they made their first public appearance on the flight mission!
As early as the beginning of the year, many people had already guessed that Ye Guangfu would be responsible for the command of the Shenzhou 18 crew, because it can be seen from the composition of the Shenzhou 17 crew that the actual situation is indeed the case!
We know that the repair of the space station was carried out during the Shenzhou-17 mission, and the two out-of-cabin spacewalks completed the repair of the solar wing of the Tianhe core module, which is the first time in the history of China's manned spaceflight, and the astronauts carried out extravehicular maintenance of the spacecraft in orbit!
According to the plan, the Shenzhou 18 crew will also carry out 2-3 out-of-cabin activities, and will also carry out the first "space fish farming" special mission. The Shenzhou 17 crew is known as the "youngest in history", and the Shenzhou 18 crew is known as the "post-80s crew", both of which are very young faces.
They have begun to gradually shoulder the heavy responsibility and become the backbone of China's manned space flight. Ye Guangfu, who returned to space as the commander, will undoubtedly become the astronaut with the longest space flight time in the mainland, with a cumulative space flight time of 12 months!
Ye Guangfu became the commander of the Shenzhou 18 manned mission this time, which is the second time to enter space and the second person to return to the Heavenly Palace, and some of his training experience is still relatively rich!
Ye Guangfu has participated in many international cooperation in the field of aerospace, and has established deep friendship with international counterparts in the process of mutual exchange, learning and cooperative training. According to Ye Guangfu's interview, at the same time as he was carrying out the Shenzhou 13 mission, it happened that at the same time, there was an international colleague who was training together to fly into space, but their destinations were different, one went to the Chinese space station, and the other entered the International Space Station to perform the mission!
Although the two astronauts are in different space stations, as a continuation of human beings to the deep space of the universe, everyone is working towards one goal, that is, to explore the vast universe together and jointly benefit all mankind The dream of the starry sky!
China's space station has completed construction and entered the official operation stage, and the China Manned Space Engineering Office has already issued an invitation to the international community to invite foreign astronauts to enter the Chinese space station, so the day when foreign astronauts will enter the Chinese space station will come sooner or later!
So will we be able to see foreign astronauts on the last manned mission in 2024, Shenzhou-19?
In fact, many people may be very curious about this issue, the Shenzhou 19 flight crew has already been determined, and it is almost certain that there will be no foreign astronauts. According to the composition of the flight crew of Shenzhou 17 and Shenzhou 18, the probability of the command is Chen Dong, leading the third batch of astronauts to carry out the mission!
At present, China's space station can support six astronauts in orbit in the short term, and three astronauts are generally stationed in orbit for a long time. But the Chinese space station will be upgraded in the future, from the existing T-shaped to a cross-shaped or even a dry shape, then the number of manned people will naturally increase! Therefore, there is no need to worry about the problem that foreign astronauts cannot "live" when they enter the Chinese space station!
Not only that, China's new generation of manned spacecraft "Mengzhou" will be unveiled in China's first manned mission to the moon, which can carry 3 people in deep space and 7 people in the near-Earth space station. Therefore, in the future, the ratio of the number of astronauts stationed in the Chinese space station will increase, and it is natural that there may be foreign astronauts!
At present, there are 3 batches of 34 astronauts in service in China, and the fourth batch of reserve astronauts has also been selected and will be included in the list.
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