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☆ China's youngest-ever crew of astronauts heads to space station
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Ryan Woo | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

China... Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreBEIJING, Oct 26 (Reuters) - The youngest-ever crew of Chinese astronauts departed for China's space station on Thursday, paving the way for a new generation of "taikonauts" to advance the country's space ambitions in the future. Leading the six-month mission was former air force pilot Tang Hongbo, 48, who was on the first crewed mission to the space station in 2021. By contrast, his fellow Shenzhou-17 crew members Tang Shengjie, 33, and Jiang Xinlin, 35, both travelling to space for the first time, joined China's third batch of astronauts in September 2020. The Shenzhou-17 astronauts will replace the Shenzhou-16 crew, who arrived at Tiangong at the end of May. Shenzhou-17 marks China's 12th crewed mission since Yang Liwei's solo spaceflight in October 2003, the first Chinese national in space.

Persons: Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie, Jiang Xinlin, Tang, Tiangong, Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu, Gui Haichao, Zhu, Gui, Yang Liwei's, Ryan Woo, Tom Hogue, Gerry Doyle Organizations: taikonauts, People's Liberation Army, NASA, Space, U.S, Thomson Locations: Jiuquan, Gansu province, China, BEIJING, Hong Kong, Macau, Tiangong

☆ Shenzhou-17 launch: China has sent its youngest-ever astronaut crew to the Tiangong space station
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Marc Stewart | Nectar Gan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

It now has its own permanent outpost in orbit – a fully operational space station – and routinely rotates crews to live and work there. On Thursday, three Chinese astronauts lifted off on the Shenzhou-17 spacecraft from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center deep in the Gobi Desert, heading for the Tiangong space station for a six-month stay. With a lifespan of 15 years, it could become the only one left when the NASA-led International Space Station (ISS) retires in 2030. That exclusion has at least in part spurred Beijing to build its own space station. “We’ve been operating spacecraft, space shuttle, space station for decades.

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JIUQUAN SATELLITE LAUNCH CENTER, China (AP) — China launched its youngest-ever crew for its orbiting space station on Thursday as it seeks to put astronauts on the moon before 2030. Tang is a veteran who led a 2021 space mission for three months. It built its own space station after it was excluded from the International Space Station, largely due to U.S. concerns over the control of the program by the People’s Liberation Army, the military branch of the ruling Communist Party. China’s first manned space mission in 2003 made it the third country after the former Soviet Union and the U.S. to put a person into space using its own resources. ___Associated Press video producer Caroline Chen at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center and journalist Kanis Leung in Hong Kong contributed to this report.

Persons: Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie, Jiang Xinlin, Tang, Caroline Chen, Kanis Leung Organizations: —, China Manned Space Agency, CCTV, U.S, International, Station, People’s Liberation Army, Communist Party, Soviet Union, SpaceX, Associated Press, Center Locations: China, — China, Beijing, U.S, Hong Kong

☆ China's Youngest-Ever Crew of Astronauts Heads to Space Station
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

By Ryan WooBEIJING (Reuters) -The youngest-ever crew of Chinese astronauts departed for China's space station on Thursday, paving the way for a new generation of "taikonauts" to advance the country's space ambitions in the future. Leading the six-month mission was former air force pilot Tang Hongbo, 48, who was on the first crewed mission to the space station in 2021. Tang, from China's second batch of astronauts in 2010, had to wait more than a decade before he was picked for his inaugural spaceflight in 2021. By contrast, his fellow Shenzhou-17 crew members Tang Shengjie, 33, and Jiang Xinlin, 35, both travelling to space for the first time, joined China's third batch of astronauts in September 2020. China has already kickstarted the selection process for the fourth batch of astronauts, seeking candidates with doctoral degrees in disciplines from biology, physics and chemistry to biomedical engineering and astronomy.

Persons: Ryan Woo BEIJING, Tang Hongbo, Tang, Tang Shengjie, Jiang Xinlin, Ryan Woo, Tom Hogue, Gerry Doyle Organizations: taikonauts, People's Liberation Army Locations: China, Hong Kong, Macau

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China announced plans on Wednesday to send a new telescope to probe deep into the universe as it prepared to launch the country’s next, three-member crew for its orbiting space station. The telescope, dubbed Xuntian, will be installed by China's Tiangong space station and will co-orbit with it, according to a statement from Lin Xiqiang, spokesperson and deputy director general of the Chinese Manned Space Agency. Tang is a veteran who led a 2021 space mission for three months. China built its own space station after it was excluded from the International Space Station, largely due to U.S. concerns over the control of the program by the People’s Liberation Army, the military branch of the ruling Communist Party. China’s first manned space mission in 2003 made it the third country after the former Soviet Union and the U.S. to put a person into space using its own resources.

Persons: Lin Xiqiang, — Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie, Jiang Xinlin —, Tang Organizations: —, Manned Space Agency, CCTV, International, Station, People’s Liberation Army, Communist Party, Soviet Union, SpaceX, Xinhua News Agency Locations: TAIPEI, Taiwan, — China, China, United States, Europe, Southeast Asia, South America, U.S

☆ Prima ieşire în spaţiu a doi astronauţi chinezi care lucrează la viitoarea staţie spaţială a Chinei
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-04 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: ProfimediaPrima ieşire în spaţiu a doi astronauţi chinezi care lucrează la viitoarea staţie spaţială a ChineiTeleviziunea de stat chineză a transmis imagini cu astronauţii Liu Boming, 54 de ani, şi Tang Hongbo, 45 de ani, care au părăsit staţia spaţială chineză în costume spaţiale, pentru o misiune de câteva ore, informează agenţiile internaţionale de presă. Evenimentul marchează a doua ieşire în spaţiu pentru astronauţii chinezi, după cea a lui Zhai Zhigang, care a ieşit în exteriorul navei spaţiale Shenzhou 7 în 2008, într-o misiune care a durat doar aproximativ 20 de minute, transmite Digi24. Astronauţii sunt responsabili pentru construirea staţiei şi, duminică dimineaţă, doi dintre ei au ieşit împreună în spaţiu pentru a lucra acolo, a anunţat Agenţia Spaţială Chineză pentru zboruri cu echipaj. Shenzhou-12, adică „Nava divină”, este a treia din cele 11 misiuni necesare construirii stației spațiale a Chinei. Construcția a început în aprilie odată cu lansarea pe orbită a lui Tianhe – sau „Armonia Cerurilor”, primul și cel mai mare dintre cele trei module ale stației.

Persons: astronauţii Liu Boming, Zhai Organizations: Evenimentul Locations: Chinei, Deşertul, Tianhe

☆ China trimite 3 astronauți pe orbită. Ar putea deveni singura țară cu stație spațială
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-16 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Este primul dintre cele patru zboruri spațiale cu echipaj uman care vor finaliza stația spațială a țării până la sfârșitul anului viitor, relatează Reuters, citează digi24.ro. Astronauții Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming și Tang Hongbo vor pleca pe orbită la bordul navei spațiale Shenzhou-12 din Jiuquan, în nord-vestul provinciei Gansu. Shenzhou-12, adică „Nava divină”, este a treia din cele 11 misiuni necesare construirii stației spațiale a Chinei. Construcția a început în aprilie odată cu lansarea pe orbită a lui Tianhe – sau „Armonia Cerurilor”, primul și cel mai mare dintre cele trei module ale stației. Și Rusia plănuiește să-și construiască o stație spațială proprie, dar aceasta nu va fi gata înainte de 2030.

Persons: Reuters, Liu Boming, Liu, Rusia Organizations: NASA, ISS Locations: China, Jiuquan, Gansu, Chinei

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