Shenzhou-18 Crew from China Scheduled to Return to Earth on November 4
The China Manned Space Agency announced at a press conference on Tuesday that the crew of Shenzhou-18 is set to return to Earth on November 4.
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China's Shenzhou-18 crew is set to return to Earth on November 4, as announced by the China Manned Space Agency during a press conference on Tuesday.
Upon completing an in-orbit handover with the incoming Shenzhou-19 crew, the astronauts will land at the Dongfeng site in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
The crew, consisting of Ye Guangfu, Li Cong, and Li Guangsu, has been on their mission since April and is currently in good health as they prepare for their return.
Recently, they finished tasks related to in-orbit data clearing and transmission, inventory counting, and sorting. They also made progress in various scientific experiments aboard the space station, focusing on space materials science, microgravity fluid physics, and combustion science. Additionally, they conducted in-orbit training for rendezvous and docking procedures.
Over their six-month mission, the crew undertook China's first in-orbit aquatic ecological research project, aimed at raising fish in space. They observed that the zebrafish demonstrated unusual directional behaviors in microgravity, swimming upside down, rotating, and circling.
Scientists will analyze the water samples, fish eggs, and other specimens collected during the mission, alongside videos of zebrafish movements, to investigate how the space environment impacts vertebrate growth, development, and behavior. This research will also contribute to studies on material cycling within closed ecological systems in space.
In May and July, the crew completed two extravehicular activities, setting a new record for the longest single spacewalk by Chinese astronauts, which lasted approximately 8.5 hours during their first EVA.
Emily Johnson contributed to this report for TROIB News
Upon completing an in-orbit handover with the incoming Shenzhou-19 crew, the astronauts will land at the Dongfeng site in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
The crew, consisting of Ye Guangfu, Li Cong, and Li Guangsu, has been on their mission since April and is currently in good health as they prepare for their return.
Recently, they finished tasks related to in-orbit data clearing and transmission, inventory counting, and sorting. They also made progress in various scientific experiments aboard the space station, focusing on space materials science, microgravity fluid physics, and combustion science. Additionally, they conducted in-orbit training for rendezvous and docking procedures.
Over their six-month mission, the crew undertook China's first in-orbit aquatic ecological research project, aimed at raising fish in space. They observed that the zebrafish demonstrated unusual directional behaviors in microgravity, swimming upside down, rotating, and circling.
Scientists will analyze the water samples, fish eggs, and other specimens collected during the mission, alongside videos of zebrafish movements, to investigate how the space environment impacts vertebrate growth, development, and behavior. This research will also contribute to studies on material cycling within closed ecological systems in space.
In May and July, the crew completed two extravehicular activities, setting a new record for the longest single spacewalk by Chinese astronauts, which lasted approximately 8.5 hours during their first EVA.
Emily Johnson contributed to this report for TROIB News
