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China unveils younger astronauts for Shenzhou 13 space mission
Published on: 2021-10-15
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China unveils on Thursday a younger team of three astronauts for its Shenzhou 13 space mission, which is expected to take off in its northwest Gobi desert shortly after midnight on Saturday.
 

The mission, which is planned to last for six months, will be piloted by Zhai Zhigang, 55, Wang Yaping, 41, and Ye Guangfu, 41, who were the backup crew of the recently completed Shenzhou 12 mission, said a source familiar with the mission plan. Wang will become China’s first female astronaut to work in its new Tianhe core module of the Chinese space station.
 

It will be the second space flight for Wang, who was a crew member of the Shenzhou 10 mission in 2013. Liu Yang, 43, who joined the Shenzhou 9 mission in June 2012, was the first Chinese woman in space.
 

The Shenzhou 13 crew members are on average six years younger than their seniors – Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo – who returned to Earth last month after spending three months in the space station. Nie, 56, is currently China’s oldest astronaut serving in active space mission.
 

In the next six months, the crew will verify how sustainable the space station’s technology is for long stays, conduct more spacewalks – the previous crew completed two – and to further test the space station’s robotic arm and their spacesuits.
 

后天凌晨出征!

神舟十三号载人飞行任务新闻发布会在酒泉卫星发射中心举行。经总指挥部研究决定,瞄准北京时间10月16日00时23分发射神舟十三号载人飞船,飞行乘组由航天员翟志刚、王亚平和叶光富组成,翟志刚担任指令长。
 

航天员翟志刚是中国首位出舱航天员,航天员王亚平执行过神舟十号载人飞行任务,航天员叶光富是首次飞行。
 

目前,执行此次发射任务的长征二号F 遥十三火箭正在加注推进剂。

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