First Sunrise & Workday of 2024 on China's Tiangong Space Station

First Sunrise & Workday of 2024 on China's Tiangong Space Station

Happy New Year! Shenzhou-17 is the sixth crew of three astronauts on a mission to the China Space Station (CSS) and the youngest crew ever. Shenzhou-17 is also the twelfth crewed and seventeenth flight overall of China's Shenzhou spaceflight program. Astronaut Hongbo Tang, commander of the Shenzhou-17 mission, was part of the first batch of Chinese astronauts launched into orbit aboard the Shenzhou-12 mission to China's space station in June 2021. He is the first to visit China's space station twice. 

The three members of the Shenzhou-17 crew have stayed in orbit for over 60 days. They have successfully completed assigned tasks, including moving equipment out of the space station for space experiments, managing equipment and facilities, and maintaining experimental facilities for long-term scientific research.

The three Shenzhou-17 astronauts are expected to spend about six months on China's Tiangong Space Station. The Shenzhou-17 crew launched to the station on October 26, 2023. Shenzhou-17 is the sixth spaceflight to the station.

Shenzhou-17 Crew:

Hongbo Tang (Commander)

Shengjie Tang (Mission Specialist)

Xinlin Jiang (Mission Specialist)

Video Credit: China Manned Space Agency/China National Space Administration (CNSA)/CNSA Watcher

Duration: 2 minutes

Release Date: Jan. 1, 2024

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