Author Topic: Shenzhou-20 - CZ-2F/G - JSLC - April 24, 2025 (09:17 UTC) (Read 23731 times)

mikezang · « **Reply #20 on:** 04/23/2025 01:12 am »

01：陈冬 Chen Dong
02：陈中瑞 Chen Zhongrui
03：王杰 Wang Jie

Galactic Penguin SST · « **Reply #21 on:** 04/23/2025 01:18 am »

Chen Zhongrui is an ex-PLAAF pilot and Wang Jie is an ex-CASC engineer, both from the 3rd Chinese astronaut selection group.

Launch time of 09:17 UTC on April 24 is confirmed, with docking planned ~6.5 hours later as usual. Shenzhou 19 will come back on April 29 (see that thread for details).
Expedition objectives are more or less the standard ones for CSS crews, though more EVAs for continuing external MMOD shields installation is reported (along with the usual equipment installing and retrieval etc.).

I'll post their official biographies when I get them.

mikezang · « **Reply #22 on:** 04/23/2025 03:13 am »

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #23 on:** 04/23/2025 05:15 am »

Crew announcement:

JSz · « **Reply #24 on:** 04/23/2025 07:22 am »

https://twitter.com/ChinaScience/status/1914884433909370987

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Chen Dong (C), Chen Zhongrui (R) and Wang Jie, the three Chinese astronauts for the upcoming Shenzhou-20 spaceflight mission, met the press on Wednesday.

Chen Dong participated in the Shenzhou-11 and Shenzhou-14 space missions. He served as the commander of the Shenzhou-14 crew and will take on the mantle once again after a two-year interval. He will also become the first among China's second batch of astronauts to carry out three spaceflight missions.

Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie both come from the third batch of astronauts and will embark on their first spaceflight mission. Before being selected, Chen Zhongrui was an air force pilot, while Wang Jie was an engineer at the China Academy of Space Technology under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.