The Shenzhou-18 manned spacecraft has been launched into orbit for more than 20 days, and three astronauts, Ye Guangfu, Li Cong, and Li Guangsu, are carrying out the flight mission in orbit as planned. In 2024, China's space station has planned a total of two manned launches, and the Shenzhou-19 manned spacecraft is on standby.
The solar activity in 2024 is too violent, in fact, it is not friendly to manned spaceflight, and the space station and spacecraft in orbit will be affected by geomagnetic storms, resulting in changes in orbital altitude, especially some unpowered vehicles, which are likely to be close to the edge of the atmosphere because of the drag of geomagnetic storms, and are likely to plunge headlong into the earth's atmosphere under the "obstruction" of the atmosphere!
In May, solar activity is more frequent, which is also the maximum value of solar activity in the cycle, in just a few days the sun erupted 10 X-class flares and dozens of M-class flares, the impact of geomagnetic storms is very large, according to the latest news shows that China's space station and the international space station are due to the impact of geomagnetic storms orbital altitude decline.
Of course, for the Chinese space station, the current stage of the orbital altitude descent is just a hedging action, there is no spacecraft separation and descent in the recent period, and the Tianzhou-8 and Shenzhou-19 manned spacecraft will still be launched into orbit for a long time, so there is no need to prepare the orbital altitude!
But you don't have to worry, the orbital altitude drop of the Chinese space station is a normal operation, everything is within the controllable range, and the propellant accounts for a large proportion of the large amount of materials carried by Tianzhou-7, and the orbital altitude can be adjusted at any time!
The three astronaut crews of the Shenzhou-18 manned spacecraft are performing normal tasks in orbit, and as long as they do not perform spacewalk missions during the time when solar activity is more frequent and larger, everything is not a problem!
During the launch of Shenzhou 18 and the mission, the Shenzhou 19 manned spacecraft has been on standby, and the three astronaut crews of Shenzhou 19 have already been determined, will there be female astronauts?
Judging from the composition of the two manned flight crews of Shenzhou 17 and Shenzhou 18, we can infer the composition of the crew of the Shenzhou 19 manned flight mission, and the command growth probability is to choose from the three astronauts who have carried out the Shenzhou 14 mission, under normal circumstances, Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe all have the opportunity to become the commander of the Shenzhou 19 manned spacecraft, so does it mean that Liu Yang has the opportunity to become the commander of the Shenzhou 19 manned spacecraft?
Normally, the confirmed astronaut crew will not appear in public to participate in some activities, because the training mission must be carried out according to the plan, and only on the eve of the launch will it be publicly available to the public. From this point of view, it can be ruled out that Liu Yang will not carry out the manned mission of Shenzhou 19!
And according to Liu Yang's disclosure, she is also eager to carry out space missions, which should be the common idea of all astronauts, especially to carry out manned landing on the moon.
In fact, not only Liu Yang, astronaut Wang Yaping has also publicly revealed that he wants to become Chang'e, carry out a manned landing on the moon before 2030, and carry out a special "space lecture" on the moon.
At present, the fourth phase of China's lunar exploration program is in full swing, and Chang'e-6 is waiting for the right time to make a soft landing on the far side of the moon in orbit around the moon, and finally collect samples on the far side of the moon and return to Earth. In the future, there will be two major missions, Chang'e-7 and Chang'e-8, to find water resources at the south pole of the moon and build a basic model of an international lunar scientific research station!
All this is paving the way for a future manned landing on the moon, and the scientific research station on the surface of the moon is similar to a space station in space, which can support astronauts to stay for a long time for experiments!
China is going to carry out a manned landing on the moon before 2030, and everything is currently being prepared!
One thing that many people may not particularly understand is that there is an essential difference between manned lunar landing and near-earth space station flight, and the requirements for astronauts are also very high! Being able to fly a space station mission does not mean that a manned landing on the moon can be carried out, especially for female astronauts, which may be very unfriendly!
The biggest challenge faced by manned lunar landing is to carry out tasks on the surface of the moon, and astronauts need to "carry weight" to walk on the lunar surface. Of course, because the Moon is smaller than the Earth, the gravity is only one-sixth of that of the Earth, but it is naturally different from the complete weightlessness of the space station mission, and it is naturally more difficult for female astronauts.
In fact, not only that, but the process of manned landing on the moon is also more complex, and the requirements for astronauts are also higher, so it is necessary to go through targeted training.
So far, no female astronaut has landed on the moon, Wang Yaping and Liu Yang may be able to create this history, of course, there is also a female astronaut in the third batch of astronauts in China, they may all create this history, it is worth looking forward to!
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