Lin Xiqiang, deputy director of the China Manned Space Engineering Office, said that the mission headquarters decided to launch the Shenzhou 14 manned spacecraft on June 5 10: 44 Beijing time. The flight crew consists of astronauts, Liu Yang and Cai as the commander. They are all the second batch of astronauts.
Among them, he participated in the Shenzhou manned mission, Liu Yang participated in the Shenzhou 9 manned mission, and Cai flew for the first time. Shenzhou 14 manned mission is the second mission in the construction stage of the space station, and it is also the first manned mission in this stage. Astronauts will work and live in groups in orbit for six months.
astronaut
People who fly into space by spaceship are astronauts, also called astronauts. The classification of astronauts can be divided into professional and non-professional categories according to occupation, and generally divided into pilots, mission experts and load experts according to tasks, or commanders, pilots, airborne engineers and flight engineers. Recently, tourist astronauts have appeared for the purpose of tourism.
Astronauts are pioneers in exploring space. As astronauts, they need to have lofty dedication, profound knowledge, extraordinary working ability, excellent environmental tolerance, good psychological quality and healthy physical conditions.