Shenzhou 15 manned spacecraft successfully evacuated from the space station assembly

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens Daniel Wu in South China, Rain and Snow on the way, and grass Luo Yuzi for the delivery of clues! CTOnews.com, June 3, China manned Space Engineering Office announced that the Shenzhou 15 manned spacecraft was successfully separated from the space station at 21:29 on June 3, 2023, Beijing time. Before separation, the Shenzhou 15 astronauts, with the cooperation of ground personnel, completed various tasks before evacuation, such as setting the state of the space station assembly, sorting and downloading experimental data, cleaning up and transporting materials in orbit, and completed the work handover with the Shenzhou 16 crew.

In the follow-up, the re-entry module of the Shenzhou 15 manned spacecraft will choose a plane to return, and astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming, and Zhang Lu, who have been on a 186-day business trip at the Chinese space station, are about to embark on a journey home.

CTOnews.com obtained from the official that on November 29, 2022, the long March II F Yao 15 carrier rocket carrying the Shenzhou 15 manned spacecraft was ignited and launched from the Jiuquan Satellite launch Center. Subsequently, the Shenzhou 15 manned spacecraft successfully separated from the rocket and entered the scheduled orbit.

00:16 on February 10, 2023, after about seven hours of extravehicular activities, Shenzhou 15 astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu completed all the scheduled tasks of extravehicular activities.

At about 18: 00 on May 30, the Shenzhou 15 astronauts (Fei Junlong, Zhang Lu, Deng Qingming) and the Shenzhou 16 astronauts (Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu, Gui Haichao) successfully joined up at the "Tiangong" space station. At present, the Shenzhou 15 astronaut crew has been working and living in orbit for more than 180 days, and all in-orbit work is progressing smoothly. It has successfully completed four extravehicular missions, making it the crew with the largest number of extravehicular missions.