Shenzhou 13 crew will celebrate Lunar New Year in space
15 October 2021
Crew members of the upcoming Shenzhou 13 mission will become the first Chinese to spend the nation's most important festival-Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year-in outer space. "It's my understanding that the mission command has prepared a large package of New Year gifts for us, but we don't know what they are," crew member Wang Yaping said at a press meeting on 14 October. "I am really looking forward to enjoying the special festival, and I am sure the gifts will be full of surprises and wonders.
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Wang Yaping will give her 2nd space lesson and conduct an EVA
14 October 2021
Chinese female taikonaut Wang Yaping will give a lesson while in orbit during the Shenzhou 13 mission. It will be the 2nd time for the taikonaut to broadcast a live lecture in space. Wang earned the title of China's first space teacher after delivering a televised science lecture to an audience of over 60 million schoolchildren during the Shenzhou 10 space mission in June 2013.
According to Lin, Wang will carry out extravehicular activities during the Shenzhou 13 mission, a 6-month stay in space. It will make her the first Chinese woman to leave footprints in the universe.
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China welcomes foreign astronauts to space station flights
14 October 2021
Astronauts from foreign countries will participate in joint flights on board China's space station after its construction is completed, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced during the press conference for the Shenzhou 13 mission. "The construction of China's space station will provide a better platform for wider international cooperation, including joint astronaut flights," Lin Xiqiang, deputy director of the CMSA said.
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Xihe solar exploration satellite launched
14 October 2021
On 14 October at 18:51 BJT, China sent its first solar exploration satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre. The satellite, which will conduct the first space exploration of solar Hα spectral imaging, was launched aboard a Long March 2D rocket and entered its planned orbit successfully.
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