The latest news about the launch time of Shenzhou XIV in 2022 is that in May, China will enter the construction stage of the space station project. By then, six astronauts of Shenzhou 14 and Shenzhou 15 will join hands in space and work together in orbit for about a week.
Shenzhou XIV, referred to as Shenzhou XIV for short, is the 14th spacecraft launched by China's manned spaceflight project, and will launch the Shenzhou XIV manned spacecraft after the return of Shenzhou XIII in April. Shenzhou XIV went to the sky for a week because on March 4th, Zhou Jianping, member of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and chief designer of China's manned spaceflight project, said at the 2022 Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Conference that six astronauts would meet in space in May this year and work together in orbit for about a week.
Because the mission carried out by Shenzhou XIV has not been fully announced, the time required for astronauts to carry out the mission is not fixed, and there will be corresponding exclusive media to follow up the report.
Shenzhou XIV's mission:
Shenzhou 14 mission is the first manned mission in the construction stage of China Space Station. During the mission, the Tiangong Space Station with the basic configuration of Tianhe Core Module, Quest Experiment Module and Dream Interpretation Module will be fully completed, and the National Space Laboratory will be completed.
Lin Xiqiang, spokesman for China's manned spaceflight project and deputy director of China's manned spaceflight project office, said that the Shenzhou 14 flight crew will cooperate with the ground to complete the rendezvous, docking and transposition of the two experimental modules and the core module; The first time was to enter the candlestick experimental cabin and the dream day experimental cabin to establish a manned environment; Cooperate with the ground to carry out the test of related functions such as two-cabin assembly, three-cabin assembly, large and small manipulator, air lock cabin exit and so on.
For the first time, the airlock cabin located in the candlestick experimental cabin was used for 2-3 extravehicular activities; Complete the unlocking of more than ten scientific experimental cabinets in candlestick experimental cabin and dream experimental cabin. In addition, Shenzhou 14 crew will also carry out on-orbit health monitoring and inspection, protection drills, on-orbit training and drills, as well as a large number of space station platform inspection and testing, equipment maintenance, maintenance verification, material management and station management.