This morning (Oct. 30), a press conference on the Shenzhou-21 crewed spaceflight mission was held at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. According to the plan, the Shenzhou-21 crewed spaceship is scheduled to be launched at 11:44 p.m. on Oct. 31.
Chinese astronauts Zhang Lu, Wu Fei, and Zhang Hongzhang will carry out the Shenzhou-21 crewed spaceflight mission, and Zhang Lu will be the commander.
This mission marks the sixth crewed spaceflight during the application and development phase of China's space station, and the 37th flight of the country's crewed space program.
The main objectives of the mission are to complete an in-orbit crew rotation with the Shenzhou-20 crew, stay aboard the space station for about six months, conduct space science and application experiments, perform extravehicular activities and cargo transfer tasks, carry out the installation of debris protection devices, and the installation and retrieval of external payloads and equipment, conduct science education and public welfare activities, as well as space payload texts.
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