China's Space Program News Thread

[getready]

I still recall the time when Hu Jintao spoke with Yang Liwei and when Yang's son spoke with him, asked him if he already eaten. Iconic moments

 

[by78]

Apples in space.

 

[by78]

A busy day. Astronauts unpacking cargo from the cargo spacecraft. The last two images show the sleeping bunks (note the headphones).

 

[by78]

 

[Richard Santos]

that extravehicular unit seems to be entirely new.

 

[Temstar]

that extravehicular unit seems to be entirely new.

When Tianzhou-2 launched, during the live coverage one of the expert on the panel said it carried onboard two latest variant Feitian EVA suits.

 

[Richard Santos]

It’s not the suit. It is the backpack with working lights and camera that I’ve never seen before. Does the backpack provide thrust to allow the astronauts to work untethered?

 

[broadsword]

It’s not the suit. It is the backpack with working lights and camera that I’ve never seen before. Does the backpack provide thrust to allow the astronauts to work untethered?

If it works untethered, is there any reason not to design it with sufficient thrust?

 

[by78]

that extravehicular unit seems to be entirely new.

It indeed is. First seen here.

 

[voyager1]

A busy day. Astronauts unpacking cargo from the cargo spacecraft. The last two images show the sleeping bunks (note the headphones).

Thats a lot of unpacking to do. They really drew the short end of the stick for doing all this heavy work

Do we know for how long they will stay up there, is it 3 or 6 months?