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Download Solution PDFWhich country's astronouts have conducted first manual docking experiment in its under-construction space station in January 2022?
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is China.
Key Points
- Three Chinese astronauts in the core module of the country's under-construction space station have successfully completed the manual rendezvous and docking experiment with the Tianzhou-2 cargo craft for the first time.
- The experiment was the first time that the three Chinese astronauts, Zhai Zhigang, Ye Guangfu, and Wang Yaping, used manual teleoperation equipment to operate the cargo craft.
Additional Information
- China has set up the new multi-module Tiangong station in outer space.
- The space station operates in low-Earth orbit at an altitude of 340-450 km above Earth’s surface.
- China launched a three-person crew for a mission of six-month onboard the Shenzhou-13 spaceship to its space station on October 16, 2021.
- Chinese astronauts have successfully performed China’s first tandem spacewalk on July 4, 2021.
- China has planned to send its first crewed mission to MARS in the year 2033.
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