Three of China’s taikonauts are getting ready to journey to the Tiangong house station on the nation’s eighth long-duration spaceflight.
Commander Cai Xuzhe will lead the roughly 6.5-hour Shenzhou-19 mission alongside Music Lingdong and Wang Haoze. They’ll experience aboard a LongMarch 2F Y19 rocket, which started fueling at about 9 a.m. BJT on Oct. 29 (9 p.m. EDT on Oct. 28, 0100 UTC on Oct. 29).
Liftoff from the Jiuquan Satellite tv for pc Launch Middle in northwest China is ready for 4:27 a.m. BJT on Oct. 30 (4:27 p.m. EDT, 2027 UTC on Oct. 29).
Xuzhe is making his second journey to house after beforehand flying on Shenzhou-14 in 2022. Throughout that mission, the 44-year-old Folks’s Liberation Military Air Drive pilot carried out one spacewalk, amassing slightly greater than 4 hours in whole.
Haoze just isn’t solely making her first journey to house, however based on the state-run information outlet, China World Tv Community (CGTN), she may even develop into the primary feminine spaceflight engineer from China to go to house. She additionally holds the excellence of being simply the third girl from China to go to orbital house, following within the footsteps of Liu Yang and Wang Yaping.
Lingdong, one other Air Drive pilot, will likely be making his first journey to house as effectively. As with Haoze, 34-year-old Lingdong additionally grew to become a part of the third group of taikonauts in 2020.
Talking with the state-run information outlet, China World Tv Community (CGTN), he spoke in regards to the aspiration of lastly going to house.
“I flew at daybreak as soon as, reaching 20,000 meters, and noticed the Earth’s curve. Watching the dawn at that top made me really feel each small and extremely fortunate,” Lingdong stated. “Now, I’m thrilled to have the possibility to see the grandeur of house from our house station.”
The trio of the Shenzhou-18 mission, Ye Guangfu, Li Cong, and Li Guangsu, will return from the TSS after a short handover with the incoming taikonauts.
