Yang Liwei: After the completion of the space station, it will enter a period of no less than 10 years of operation

Source: CCTV news client

At 9:58 a.m. Beijing time today (16th), astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping, and Ye Guangfu successively entered the Tianhe core module, and the Chinese space station also ushered in the second flight crew and the first female astronaut. At the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center, Yang Liwei, deputy chief designer of China's manned space project, was interviewed by a reporter from the Central Radio and Television Corporation.

Yang Liwei said in an interview with the reporter of the general station that the next astronaut crew will first carry out life and communication settings, such as drinking water areas and sanitary areas and other settings to ensure basic living needs. In addition, the data docking and item collation of the core cabin will be completed.

Yang Liwei said that next year, the entire space station will enter an operating period of no less than ten years. He also said that the preliminary plan demonstration of the manned moon landing is currently being carried out, and in the future, we will base ourselves on near-Earth space to explore more far-reaching space.