Successful launch of Shenzhou XIV, China enters "space station" era
Successful launch of Shenzhou XIV, China enters "space station" era
CCTV News reported on June 5 that, according to China's mannedaerospace engineeringAt 10:44 a.m. Beijing time on June 5, 2022, the Long March 2F Remote Fourteen Launch Vehicle (ROV) carrying the Shenzhou XIV manned spacecraft ignited at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLCC) and launched with complete success.
In addition, CCTV News reported on the 4th that the Shenzhou XIV manned mission briefing informed that during the Shenzhou XIV mission, the construction of the space space station with the Sky and Core Module, the Questioning Heaven Experiment Module and the Dreaming Heaven Experiment Module as the basic configurations will be fully accomplished, and the National Space Laboratory will be built. Shenzhou XIV will continue to carry out the Tiangong classroom and will, for the first time, utilize the airlock module located in the Ask the Sky Experiment Module to implement two to three out-of-cabin activities.
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The Chinese Academy of Sciences said that the "Shenzhou XIV" mission succeeded the basis of the previous two missions, will open a new era of "Tiangong" space station, 400 kilometers above the ground at an altitude of the "Tiangong" space station The "Tiangong" space station, 400 kilometers above the ground, is about to take shape, and China's manned spaceflight will formally enter the "space station" era.
Prior to this, Tianzhou IV was successfully launched on May 10 and docked successfully with the space station; according to the mission schedule, the space station's Qitian Experiment Module will be launched in July, and the space station's Mengtian Experiment Module will be launched in October, and the three segments of the space station will form the basic configuration of the "T" character, completing the in-orbit construction of the Chinese space station. This will be followed by the launch of the Tianzhou V cargo spacecraft and the Shenzhou XV manned spacecraft.
Hokuto BontecWith the maturing of China's manned spaceflight technology and the gradual progress of space station construction, it is expected to drive the development of strategic spaceflight and commercial spaceflight and other related links, especially in the field of time synchronization, there will be a great breakthrough," the company said.
