To a mission beyond atmosphere terrestrial was joined by researcher at Beihang University, Beijing, Gui Haichao, who turns out to be the first astronaut civilian, is 36 years old, and also works as an aerospace engineer.
“From the Gobi desert in north China, the Long March 2F rocket propelled the Shenzhou-16 spacecraft into space Tuesday morning, arriving at the Tiangong space station with three taikonauts, which is like in the Asian giant call the astronauts.
In this case, “For five months, they will be in charge of executing the application and development phase of the ambitious Chinese space program.as announced before the launch by the mission commander, veteran General Jing Haipeng (56 years old), who has already taken four trips to space, a national record,” China Daily specified.
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After graduating, the researcher spent two years at York University in Toronto, participating in a postdoctoral program on integrated orbital and directional control technology for sophisticated spacecraft.
“Chinese authorities announced they were looking for civilian payload experts for Space Station Expansion” in spring 2018.
In an interview with the newspaper, he recalled: “We were told that the positions of space flight engineer and scientific payload specialist would be open to civilians working for non-military research entities. It was a very valuable opportunity. I dreamed of doing my research in space”.
Thus, he became “one of the 2,500 selected candidates. A couple of years later, with the list reduced to 18 experts, the professor was finally chosen for the mission.
Newbie in special flights
“The Shenzhou-16 crew is rounded out by another spaceflight rookie, pilot Zhu Yangzhu (36), who holds the rank of colonel in the PLA ground forces. The astronauts will replace their three companions who have been aboard Tiangong (which means palace of heaven) for six months, conducting research and assembling equipment,” the portal stressed.
According to the note of the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).“The crew will carry out tests and experiments in orbit to study novel quantum phenomena.high precision space-time frequency systems, the verification of general relativity and the origin of life”.