{"id":664372,"date":"2025-04-22T10:20:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T07:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/china-to-launch-new-crewed-mission-into-space-this-week\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T10:20:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T07:20:23","slug":"china-to-launch-new-crewed-mission-into-space-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/china-to-launch-new-crewed-mission-into-space-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"China to launch new crewed mission into space this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a307ff506883\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a307ff506883\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/china-to-launch-new-crewed-mission-into-space-this-week\/#%E2%80%98Space_dream\" >&#8216;Space dream&#8217;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2025\/chinas-tiangong-space.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2025\/chinas-tiangong-space.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"China's Tiangong space station is the space programme's crown jewel.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2025\/chinas-tiangong-space.jpg\" alt=\"China's Tiangong space station is the space programme's crown jewel\" title=\"China's Tiangong space station is the space programme's crown jewel.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                China&#8217;s Tiangong space station is the space programme&#8217;s crown jewel.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>China is expected to launch a new crewed mission into space this week, as Beijing takes steady steps toward its goal of putting astronauts on the Moon.<\/p>\n<p>The Shenzhou-20 mission will blast off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, carrying three astronauts to the country&#8217;s self-built Tiangong space station for a likely six-month stay.<\/p>\n<p>The team will undertake experiments to further the space program&#8217;s ambitious aims to place astronauts on the Moon by 2030 and eventually build a lunar base.<\/p>\n<p>The country&#8217;s space agency said last week that the Shenzhou spaceship and its Long March-2F carrier rocket were transferred to a launch site at the remote desert base and would launch &#8220;at an <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriate time in the near future&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Photographs published by the Xinhua state <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> agency showed the sleek white rocket perched on a blue pedestal festooned with national flags, pointing toward the heavens, with red-and-gold banners hailing China&#8217;s space program.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At present, the launch site facilities and equipment are in good condition. The functional inspections and joint tests will be carried out as planned,&#8221; the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have not yet given details on the identities of the Shenzhou-20 astronauts or the work they will carry out.<\/p>\n<p>Zhou Wenxing, a staff member at the country&#8217;s astronaut training center, said the crew was &#8220;in good condition, precise in operation, and smooth in coordination&#8221;, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Sunday.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Space_dream\"><\/span>&#8216;Space dream&#8217;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>China&#8217;s previous crewed mission, Shenzhou-19, launched last October and will reach its planned end date on April 29.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2025\/a-long-march-2f-carrie.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2025\/a-long-march-2f-carrie.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"A Long March-2F carrier rocket carrying the Shenzhou-19 spacecraft lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2025\/a-long-march-2f-carrie.jpg\" alt=\"A Long March-2F carrier rocket carrying the Shenzhou-19 spacecraft lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center\" title=\"A Long March-2F carrier rocket carrying the Shenzhou-19 spacecraft lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                A Long March-2F carrier rocket carrying the Shenzhou-19 spacecraft lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It is headed by Cai Xuzhe, a 48-year-old former air force pilot who served a previous stint aboard the Tiangong space station as part of the Shenzhou-14 mission in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Also among the crew is Wang Haoze, 35, who is China&#8217;s only female spaceflight engineer and the third Chinese woman to take part in a crewed mission.<\/p>\n<p>Song Lingdong, a 34-year-old man, completes the trio.<\/p>\n<p>The Shenzhou-19 team has been carrying out tests to see how extreme radiation, gravity, temperature and other conditions affect &#8220;bricks&#8221; made from components imitating lunar soil, according to reports at the time of the launch.<\/p>\n<p>Under President Xi Jinping, China has forged ahead with plans to achieve its &#8220;space dream&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Its space program was the third to put humans in orbit and has also landed robotic rovers on Mars and the Moon.<\/p>\n<p>The jewel in the crown is Tiangong, the space station staffed by teams of three astronauts that are rotated every six months.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing says it is on track to send a crewed mission to the Moon by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>In recent decades, the country has poured billions of dollars into developing an advanced space program on par with the United States and Europe.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, it landed its Chang&#8217;e-4 probe on the far side of the Moon\u2014the first spacecraft ever to do so. In 2021, it landed a small robot on Mars.<\/p>\n<p>Tiangong, whose core module, Tianhe, launched in 2021, is planned to be used for about 10 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \u00a9 2025 AFP\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChina to launch new crewed mission into space this week (2025, April 22)<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tretrieved 22 April 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfrom https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2025-04-china-crewed-mission-space-week.html\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t part may be reproduced without the written permission. 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