Topic: [Discuss] Shenzhou 12 crew to space station
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 47022 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 06-16-2021 07:52 AM
Please use this thread for comments and questions about Shenzhou 12, China's first crewed mission to its space station.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 47022 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 06-16-2021 07:55 AM
The Shenzhou 12 crew is scheduled to launch on Wednesday (June 16) at 9:22 p.m. EDT (0122 GMT or 9:22 a.m. Beijing Time on June 17) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.
The spaceship will take three male astronauts — Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo — into space for the construction of China's space station, said Ji Qiming, assistant to the director of the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA), at a press conference held at the launch center.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 47022 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 06-16-2021 07:46 PM
CGTN video
China's Long March-2F Y12 carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft with three astronauts on board, blasted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China on Thursday (June 17).
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 47022 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 06-17-2021 07:42 AM
China National Space Administration (CNSA)/CCTV video
Shenzhou 12 hatch opening: the Shenzhou 12 crew entered the Tianhe core module on 17 June 2021, at 10:48 UTC (18:48 China Standard Time).
Astronauts Nie Haisheng (commander), Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo will spend three months on board Tianhe core module, the first and main component of the China Space Station, informally known as Tiangong (Heavenly Palace).
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 47022 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 06-17-2021 07:55 AM
CGTN video
Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo will live in China's Tiangong space station for three months. They were allowed to carry some personal items with them. Here are the things they chose to take into outer space with them.
dom Member
Posts: 944 From: Registered: Aug 2001
posted 06-17-2021 01:01 PM
An incredible achievement to pull off on the first attempt. The images remind me of the Soviets setting the "ground rules" for permanent manned spaceflight on Mir starting in 1986. The Chinese are obviously repeating that experience again. I wish them many safe missions!
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 47022 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 07-03-2021 10:28 PM
Shenzhou 12 astronauts Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo are performing the first of two planned spacewalks outside China's space station.
It is only the second extravehicular activity in the Chinese space program's history.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 47022 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 09-15-2021 09:23 AM
The Shenzhou 12 crew may be returning to Earth on Friday (Sept. 17) between 1:14 a.m. and 1:44 a.m. EDT. From Andrew Jones (via Twitter):
Looks like the Shenzhou-12 astronauts are returning between 0514-0544 UTC on Friday. This will be a first Shenzhou landing near Dongfeng, to the northeast of Jiuquan launch center, in the Gobi Desert. Old landing area was grasslands of Siziwang (Dorbod Banner).
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 47022 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 09-17-2021 01:03 AM
CGTN live video
Chinese astronauts Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo embark on the voyage home on the Shenzhou 12 spaceship.
posted 06-16-2021 07:52 AM
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