This morning, the Long March-2F launch vehicle carrying the Shenzhou 12 spacecraft was successfully launched from the Gobi Desert Cosmodrome in northwest China. A crew of three is on board the ship. It is the first manned flight undertaken by China after nearly five years, and the first manned flight to dock with the Tianhe Space Station.
Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo will spend three months at the station, testing its systems and performing spacewalks.
The main module, where the cosmonauts will be accommodated, was launched into orbit in early April, and at the end of May the Tianzhou-2 cargo ship docked to it. The astronauts will have to unload the equipment and equipment delivered by the cargo ship. The flight program also provides for scientific experiments.
Later this year, it is planned to perform one more cargo and manned flight to the station, and in total, 11 missions need to be completed to complete the construction of the station.
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