30 March 2018
Comprehensive training for astronauts on China's future space station missions is underway, according to Huang Weifen, Deputy Chief Designer at the ACC Astronaut Center of China. The missions for the space station will feature long in-orbit stays, regular extra-vehicular activities, in-orbit assembling and repair of the station, which means more challenges for the selection and training of astronauts, she said. Currently, astronauts have begun the study of space station technology, mechanical arms and extra-vehicular activities. They have also gone through diving training for adaptation, and intensified their strength and stamina training.
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