Jiuquan:
China’s solely girl spaceflight engineer can be amongst a recent crew of three astronauts despatched to its Tiangong area station this week, Beijing introduced Tuesday. The Shenzhou-19 mission is scheduled to blast off with its trio of area explorers at 4:27 am Wednesday (2027 GMT Tuesday) from the Jiuquan Satellite tv for pc Launch Heart in northwest China, the China Manned House Company (CMSA) mentioned.
Among the many crew is Wang Haoze, who in line with the area company is at present China’s solely feminine spaceflight engineer. She is going to develop into the third Chinese language girl to participate in a crewed mission.
Headed by Cai Xuzhe, the workforce will perform their mission earlier than returning to Earth in “late April or early Could subsequent 12 months”, CMSA Deputy Director Lin Xiqiang mentioned at a Tuesday press convention confirming the launch.
Cai, a 48-year-old former air power pilot, brings expertise from a earlier stint aboard Tiangong as a part of the Shenzhou-14 mission in 2022.
Finishing the astronaut lineup is Track Lingdong, Lin introduced.
The crew at present aboard the Tiangong area station is scheduled to return to Earth on November 4 after finishing handover procedures with the incoming astronauts, Lin mentioned.
China’s area programme, the third to place people in orbit, has additionally landed robotic rovers on Mars and the Moon.
The Tiangong area station — crewed by groups of three astronauts which can be exchanged each six months — is the crown jewel of the nation’s area programme.
China has ramped up plans to attain its “area dream” below President Xi Jinping.
Beijing says it goals to ship a crewed mission to the Moon by 2030, the place it intends to assemble a base on the lunar floor.
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