30 October 2024

China launches new crew to its space station

China has ramped up plans to achieve its "space dream" under President Xi Jinping. Its space program was the third to put humans in orbit and has also landed robotic rovers on Mars and the Moon.

Crewed by teams of three astronauts that are rotated every six months, the Tiangong space station is the program's crown jewel.

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Beijing says it is on track to send a crewed mission to the Moon by 2030, where it intends to construct a base on the lunar surface.

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A three-person crew of Chinese astronauts set off on a mission to Tiangong space station on Wednesday where they will work on projects to advance China's goal of sending its own astronauts on the Moon and constructing a lunar base. China's only woman spaceflight engineer is among the crew.

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A long March-2F carrier rocket carrying z crew of three astronauts lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, in the Gobi desert, northwest China, on October 30, 2024. © Adek Berry, AFP

The space agency deemed the launch a "complete success", Xinhua said, adding that about 10 minutes after taking off, the spaceship separated from the rocket and entered its designated orbit.
Xinhua later said the spaceship had "made a fast, automated rendezvous and docking with the front port of the space station's core module Tianhe at 11:00 am", and that the trio would then enter the module.

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Headed by Cai Xuzhe, the team will return to Earth in late April or early May next year, CMSA Deputy Director Lin Xiqiang said at a separate press event ahead of the launch.
Cai, a 48-year-old former air force pilot, brings experience from a previous stint aboard Tiangong as part of the Shenzhou-14 mission in 2022.
"Having been selected for the new crew, taking on a new role, facing new tasks and new challenges, I feel the honor of my mission with a great responsibility," said Cai.
The aerospace veteran added that the crew was now "fully prepared mentally, technically, physically and psychologically" for the mission ahead.

Completing the astronaut lineup is 34-year-old Song Lingdong.

The crew currently aboard the Tiangong space station is scheduled to return to Earth on November 4 after completing handover procedures with the incoming astronauts, Lin said.

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China's ambitious lunar base project has taken a significant step forward, launching three astronauts to the Tiangong space station. Their mission includes testing construction materials that could ...