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Forum: ESA - JAXA - China - International
Topic: China's Shenzhou 18 crew to space station

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Message to Edit: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	Originally posted by Robert Pearlman on 04-24-2024 11:34 PM Xinhua state news agency release <blockquote><font size="+0">[b]China to launch Shenzhou-18 crewed space mission[/b]</font> The Shenzhou-18 crewed spaceship is scheduled to be launched at 8:59 p.m. Thursday, April 25 (Beijing Time) [8:59 a.m. EDT or 1459 GMT] from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, announced the China Manned Space Agency on Wednesday. The spaceship will carry three astronauts — Ye Guangfu, Li Cong and Li Guangsu — to carry out the Shenzhou-18 spaceflight mission, and Ye will be the commander, said Lin Xiqiang, deputy director of the CMSA, at a press conference. <center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/images/news-042524i-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/images/news-042524i-lg.jpg" width="400" height="225" border="0"></a></center> [i][b]Above[/b]: Chinese astronauts Ye Guangfu (at center), Li Cong (at right) and Li Guangsu will carry out the Shenzhou-18 mission, with Ye as the commander.[/i] (Xinhua) Shenzhou-18 is the 32nd flight mission of China's manned space program, and the third manned mission during the application and development stage of China's space station. The crew will stay in orbit for about six months, and they are scheduled to return to the Dongfeng landing site in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in late October this year. The launch will use a Long March-2F carrier rocket, Lin said. The Shenzhou-17 crew is scheduled to return to the Dongfeng landing site on April 30 after completing the in-orbit work handover to the Shenzhou-18 crew, Lin added.</blockquote>
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