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China-Shenzhou-13 Mission/Briefing
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest China - Oct 14, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Press conference on Shenzhou-13 manned spaceflight mission in progress
2. Reporters
3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Lin Xiqiang, Deputy Director, China Manned Space Agency (starting with shot 2):
"As evaluated and decided by the mission headquarters, Shenzhou-13 spaceship is going to be launched at 00:23, Oct. 16, Beijing Time. The crew members include Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu, with Zhai as the mission commander."
4. Press conference in progress
5. Group photo of astronauts Ye Guangfu (L), Zhai Zhigang (M), Wang Yaping (R)
6. Photo of astronaut Zhai
7. Photo of astronaut Wang
8. Photo of astronaut Ye
The Shenzhou-13 manned spaceship will be launched at 00:23 Saturday (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, announced the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on Thursday.
The spaceship will take three astronauts into space for the construction of China's space station, said Lin Xiqiang, deputy director of the CMSA, at a press conference held at the launch center.
"As evaluated and decided by the mission headquarters, Shenzhou-13 spaceship is going to be launched at 00:23, Oct. 16, Beijing Time. The crew members include Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu, with Zhai as the mission commander," said Lin.
Zhai is the first Chinese astronaut to carry out a spacewalk back in 2008. Wang became China's second ever female astronaut as part of the Shenzhou-10 mission in 2013 and will be the first woman to work on the Tianhe core module, while Ye is set to make his maiden spaceflight during the upcoming mission.
The astronauts will stay in space for about six months, the longest ever duration for the Chinese astronauts.
After entering orbit, the spaceship will conduct a fast automated rendezvous and docking with the radial port of the in-orbit space station core module Tianhe, forming a complex with the core module and the cargo crafts Tianzhou-2 and Tianzhou-3. The astronauts aboard Shenzhou-13 will be stationed in the core module for six months, working and living with the same timetable as on Earth, Lin said.
The launch will be carried out with a Long March-2F carrier rocket, which is being filled with propellant, Lin said.
China-Shenzhou-13 Mission/Briefing
Dateline : Oct 14, 2021
Location : China
Duration : 0'46
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest China - Oct 14, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Press conference on Shenzhou-13 manned spaceflight mission in progress
2. Reporters
3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Lin Xiqiang, Deputy Director, China Manned Space Agency (starting with shot 2):
"As evaluated and decided by the mission headquarters, Shenzhou-13 spaceship is going to be launched at 00:23, Oct. 16, Beijing Time. The crew members include Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu, with Zhai as the mission commander."
4. Press conference in progress
5. Group photo of astronauts Ye Guangfu (L), Zhai Zhigang (M), Wang Yaping (R)
6. Photo of astronaut Zhai
7. Photo of astronaut Wang
8. Photo of astronaut Ye
The Shenzhou-13 manned spaceship will be launched at 00:23 Saturday (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, announced the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on Thursday.
The spaceship will take three astronauts into space for the construction of China's space station, said Lin Xiqiang, deputy director of the CMSA, at a press conference held at the launch center.
"As evaluated and decided by the mission headquarters, Shenzhou-13 spaceship is going to be launched at 00:23, Oct. 16, Beijing Time. The crew members include Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu, with Zhai as the mission commander," said Lin.
Zhai is the first Chinese astronaut to carry out a spacewalk back in 2008. Wang became China's second ever female astronaut as part of the Shenzhou-10 mission in 2013 and will be the first woman to work on the Tianhe core module, while Ye is set to make his maiden spaceflight during the upcoming mission.
The astronauts will stay in space for about six months, the longest ever duration for the Chinese astronauts.
After entering orbit, the spaceship will conduct a fast automated rendezvous and docking with the radial port of the in-orbit space station core module Tianhe, forming a complex with the core module and the cargo crafts Tianzhou-2 and Tianzhou-3. The astronauts aboard Shenzhou-13 will be stationed in the core module for six months, working and living with the same timetable as on Earth, Lin said.
The launch will be carried out with a Long March-2F carrier rocket, which is being filled with propellant, Lin said.
ID : 8232873
Published : 2021-10-14 15:31
Last Modified : 2021-10-14 20:39:58
Source : China Media Group(CMG)-CCTV
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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