After a seven-hour journey, the spacecraft will dock with the Tianhe core module of the station, which is located 248 miles above the ground.
The new crew will replace the astronauts who have been stationed since November 2022. TheJing Haipeng, the commander, is going to space for the fourth time, a record for the country's astronauts. First civilian Gui Haichao, a professor at Beihang University in Beijing with expertise in payload applications, and Zhu Yangzhu, a space flight engineer, form the rest of the crew. Haichao and Yangzhu will be visiting space for the first time.
Following the successful launch, wishes began to pour in. John Lee Ka-Chiu, Hong Kong Chief Executive, said: "The Shenzhou 16 manned space mission is the second mission for the country’s manned space programme this year, it is also the space station’s first manned mission in its application and development stage." Lee further added, “The country’s manned space exploration efforts are having continued progress and success, this is making me feel very proud and honored.
in late 2022. The space agency intends to keep the space outpost occupied for at least a decade. According to reports, the Chinese space station is 20 percent larger than the International Space Station.with a new module that will most likely be attached to the existing T-shaped space station. In addition, China has several other space exploration plans in the works. Among them is the construction of a large space telescope. The space agency is aiming to put into orbit a space telescope called Xuntian, which translates as "Surveying the Heavens." The field of view of this space telescope will be 350 times wider than that of the Hubble Space Telescope.
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