US EditionChina’s Shenzhou 21 docks with space station, sets the country’s own speed record
Wu Fei, at 32, is China's youngest astronaut on a six-month Tiangong mission with three crew members and four mice for in-orbit reproduction experiments, the 10th crewed flight.
- On Friday, Shenzhou-21 will blast off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 11:44 p.m., carrying commander Zhang Lu, payload specialist Zhang Hongzhang, and 32-year-old flight engineer Wu Fei.
- Amid Beijing's push to advance its space ambitions, Tiangong space station, built using launches in 2021–2022, supports China's lunar landing goal before 2030, according to CMSA.
- Carrying four black mice, the mission includes China's first in-orbit rodent experiments; the mice were selected from 300 candidates after more than 60 days of training and will stay five to seven days before returning on Shenzhou-20.
- In the coming days the current Shenzhou-20 crew will hand over control before returning on Nov. 3, while Shenzhou-21 will remain aboard Tiangong for roughly six months.
- Alongside hardware tests, China is expanding international cooperation by training two Pakistani nationals for future missions, with one set to undertake a short-term spaceflight, CMSA said.
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China sends its youngest astronaut and four black mice to ‘Heavenly Palace’ space station
China’s Shenzhou-21 space rocket and its crew including the youngest member of its astronaut corps blasted off on Friday atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China, Chinese state media reported.
Jiuquan, China. China sent a new mission this Friday to its space station, composed of the youngest astronaut in the country, as part of its plan to go to the Moon before 2030.The Long March-2F rocket docked to the Tiangong space station at 19H22 GMT, according to Xinhua state agency.The ship had taken off at 23H44 locals from the Jiuquan satellite launch center in northwestern China.China accuses the United States of ‘commercial harassment’ and…
Shenzhou-21 completes rapid docking with Tiangong space station 3.5 hours after launch
China’s latest crewed mission arrived at the Tiangong space station Friday, just 3.5 hours after launch from Jiuquan spaceport in the Gobi Desert. The post Shenzhou-21 completes rapid docking with Tiangong space station 3.5 hours after launch appeared first on SpaceNews.
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