Shenzhou 16 manned spacecraft and space station assembly complete autonomous rapid rendezvous and docking

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens Yuxue Zhaitu, HZQ9584, falling in love with shameless man, fighting the emperor holy Buddha for the clues delivery! CTOnews.com, 30 May, 09:31 today, the long March 2 F Yao 16 carrier rocket carrying the Shenzhou 16 manned spacecraft was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite launch Center, and the Shenzhou 16 crew went to the sky.

According to the latest news from the China manned Space Engineering Office, the Shenzhou-16 spacecraft successfully docked at the sky of the space station and the radial port of the core module at 16:29, and the whole docking process took about 6.5 hours.

After the docking is completed, the Shenzhou 16 manned astronauts will enter the Tianhe core module from the Shenzhou 16 manned spacecraft. The Shenzhou 15 astronauts are ready to welcome the Shenzhou 16 astronauts in various preparations, which makes people begin to look forward to the rendezvous in space.

The flight crew of Shenzhou-16 manned spacecraft is composed of astronauts Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu, and Gui Haichao, with Jing Haipeng as commander. Astronaut Jing Haipeng has successively participated in the Shenzhou VII, 9th, and 11 manned missions. Zhu Yangzhu and Gui Haichao all flew for the first time.

This mission is the second mission of the manned space project this year, and it is also the first manned mission in the application and development phase of the space station. the main purpose of the mission is to complete the in-orbit rotation with the Shenzhou 15 crew and stay for about five months. carry out space science and application load in orbit (test) inspection, carry out astronaut extravehicular activities and cargo airlock extravehicular activities, carry out extravehicular load installation and space station maintenance and other tasks.

As of today, the astronauts of Shenzhou 15 have been stationed in the space station for half a year. According to the plan, they will also return to the ground in the near future after completing the in-orbit transition and rotation, when CTOnews.com will also bring you a detailed report.

It is worth mentioning that the number of people flying in orbit at the same time in space has reached 17! Make a new history! Among them, there are 11 people on the International Space Station (3 for MS-23 + 4 for Crew-6 + 4 for Ax-2), 3 for the China Space Station (Shenzhou 15) and 3 for Shenzhou 16.