Derek Richardson
October thirty first, 2023
The Shenzhou-16 spacecraft parachutes to the floor of the Gobi Desert. Credit score: China Manned House Company
The fifth long-duration crew mission to China’s Tiangong area station has concluded after the three-person Shenzhou-16 landed in China following a 154-day keep aboard the outpost.
Returning to Earth have been Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu and Gui Haichao. The Shenzhou-16 capsule parachuted to the ground, touching down at about 8:12 p.m. EDT Oct. 30 (00:12 UTC / 8:12 a.m. Beijing time Oct. 31) just north of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China’s Gobi Desert.
Groups on the bottom assist the Shenzhou-16 taikonauts from their capsule. Credit score: China Manned House Company
Shenzhou-16 undocked from the Tiangong area station a number of hours earlier at 8:37 a.m. EDT (12:37 UTC). The trio was changed by the three particular person Shenzhou-17 crew, which launched to the outpost final week and can stay there till Might 2024.
This was the completion of the fifth long-duration spaceflight to Tiangong since 2021 and the eleventh human spaceflight performed by China since 2003.
This was the fourth spaceflight for Jing and the primary for the opposite two. Moreover, Gui was the primary Chinese language civilian (not a member of the army) to fly in area. He’s a professor at Beihang College.
Throughout the course of their five-month mission, the crew performed 70 science experiments and carried out upkeep on the outpost, together with one almost eight-hour spacewalk, which was carried out July 20 by Jing and Zhu. Gui additionally delivered a lecture from the outpost.
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Derek Richardson
Derek Richardson has a level in mass media, with an emphasis in up to date journalism, from Washburn College in Topeka, Kansas. Whereas at Washburn, he was the managing editor of the coed run newspaper, the Washburn Overview. He additionally has a web site about human spaceflight known as Orbital Velocity. Yow will discover him on twitter @TheSpaceWriter.
