Shenzhou-12 - CZ-2F/G - Jiuquan - June 17, 2021 (01:22 UTC)

[GELORD]

Estimated list of crews for flights to the Chinese space station in 2021/2022:

June 2021 "Shenzhou-12": Nie Haisheng, Deng Qingming, Ye Guangfu. (3 months).
October 2021 "Shenzhou-13": Liu Boming, Chen Dong, Zhang Lu. (6 months).
April 2022 "Shenzhou-14": Liu Wang, Liu Yang, Tang Hongbo. (Seven months).
November 2022 "Shenzhou-15": Zhang Xiaoguang, Wang Yaping, Tsai Xuzhe (crew change 10 days, 6 months).

[Galactic Penguin SST]

I believe these are for the Shenzhou 12 launch:

A1250/21 NOTAMN
Q) ZLHW/QRTCA/IV/BO/W/000/999/3936N10738E029
A) ZLHW B) 2106170115 C) 2106170144
E) A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY:
N393524E1081342-N391946E1080812-N392200E1074803-N393136E1070052-
N395232E1070753-N394253E1075517 BACK TO START. ALL ACFT ARE
FORBIDDEN TO FLY INTO THE TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA.
VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL.
F) GND G) UNL

A1251/21 NOTAMN
Q) ZBPE/QRTCA/IV/BO/W/000/999/3859N11006E016
A) ZBPE B) 2106170117 C) 2106170146
E) A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY:
N384704E1102005-N390236E1102601-N391016E1095245-N385442E1094656
BACK TO START. ALL ACFT ARE FORBIDDEN TO FLY INTO THE TEMPORARY
RESTRICTED AREA.
VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL.
F) GND G) UNL

A1252/21 NOTAMN
Q) ZXXX/QRTCA/IV/BO/W/000/999/3829N11027E515
A) ZBPE ZLHW ZSHA B) 2106170113 C) 2106170154
E) A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY:
N412436E1002400-N403112E1001048-N390524E1060560-N364648E1152924-
N353336E1202924-N362848E1205848-N373600E1161912-N400112E1061536
BACK TO START. ALL ACFT ARE FORBIDDEN TO FLY INTO THE TEMPORARY
RESTRICTED AREA.
VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL.
F) GND G) UNL

A1253/21 NOTAMN
Q) ZSHA/QRTCA/IV/BO/W/000/999/3514N12246E112
A) ZSHA B) 2106170113 C) 2106170155
E) A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY:
N364724E1213112-N355100E1240000-N334000E1240000-N350300E1203300
BACK TO START. ALL ACFT ARE FORBIDDEN TO FLY INTO THE TEMPORARY
RESTRICTED AREA.
VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL.
F) GND G) UNL


This is for Abort-Once-Around emergency landing I believe?

A1254/21 NOTAMN
Q) ZXXX/QRTCA/IV/BO/W/000/999/2802N11334E189
A) ZGZU ZHWH ZSHA B) 2106170247 C) 2106170333
E) A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY:
N304312E1114500-N290300E1145400-N283412E1143148-N271724E1164612-
N251948E1152248-N282324E1100412 BACK TO START. ALL ACFT ARE
FORBIDDEN TO FLY INTO THE TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA.
VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL.
F) GND G) UNL

[Conexion Espacial]

Docking of the Shenzhou 12 ship is expected to be 6 hours after launch.

[SciNews]

The official logo of the Shenzhou-12 mission

[Liss]

Crew presentation is scheduled for June 16 early morning Beijing Time.

[GELORD]

On the state television channel CCTV4, the China Manned Space Technology Authority will hold a prelaunch press conference on the launch of the Shenzhou 12 manned mission. Link: https://tv.cctv.com/live/cctv4/?spm=C28340.P4hQlpYBT2vN.ExidtyEJcS5K.15

[whiztech]

Press conference on the launch of China's manned spacecraft Shenzhou-12:



edit:

Astronauts from China's Shenzhou-12 mission meet the press

[Galactic Penguin SST]

T-0 at 01:22 UTC on June 17.

CDR Nie Haisheng (SZ-6 & 10)
PLT Liu Boming (SZ-7)
PLT Tang Hongbo (new, class of 2010)

2 EVA planned during ~3 month expedition.

[jcm]

T-0 at 01:22 UTC on June 17.

CDR Nie Haisheng (SZ-6 & 10)
PLT Liu Boming (SZ-7)
PLT Tang Hongbo (new, class of 2010)

2 EVA planned during ~3 month expedition.

What Chinese term is being used for 'pilot'? On SZ9 and SZ10, there were positions 'Caozuo shou' (operator) and 'Shiyan yuan' (experiment officer)

[Galactic Penguin SST]

T-0 at 01:22 UTC on June 17.

CDR Nie Haisheng (SZ-6 & 10)
PLT Liu Boming (SZ-7)
PLT Tang Hongbo (new, class of 2010)

2 EVA planned during ~3 month expedition.

What Chinese term is being used for 'pilot'? On SZ9 and SZ10, there were positions 'Caozuo shou' (operator) and 'Shiyan yuan' (experiment officer)

This one doesn't divide the positions of the later two (only Nie as CDR). Maybe we will see that at the astronauts meet media session which should be around right now.

https://twitter.com/TheElegant055/status/1404972988856930307?s=19

[jcm]

In the earlier press conf they talked about EVAs to assemble an EVA toolbox, deploy a panoramic camera and... install and extended something? Sounded like comsat...  Did anyone catch that properly?

[Galactic Penguin SST]

In the earlier press conf they talked about EVAs to assemble an EVA toolbox, deploy a panoramic camera and... install and extended something? Sounded like comsat...  Did anyone catch that properly?

From the series of tweets above, the 2 EVAs will be for "assembly of exterior tool box, deploy a panoramic camera and installing extra pump sets (for thermal control?)".

It was also announced that the landing sites from this mission onward will target JSLC instead of middle Inner Mongolia in the past.

https://twitter.com/TheElegant055/status/1404980142116683778?s=19

[Galactic Penguin SST]

Crew portrait and Mission Logo are as below.

Back-up crew is apparently Zhai Zhigang (SZ-7), Wang Yaping (SZ-10) & Ye Guangfu (class of 2010).

[SMS]

Any words for back-up crew?

[SMS]

https://twitter.com/ShuttleAlmanac/status/1405006067357032451

[SMS]

Any words for a first time in the crew:

1) Tang Hongbo age and birth date and birth place (official data only).

2) Ye Guangfu age and birth date and birth place (official data only).

Any official Ye Guangfu portrait was released yet?

Thanks for these data.

[lucspace]

CGTN shows 'operator' designations:

[lucspace]

CGTN also continues to call the station 'Tiangong', compared with the apparently official designation of 'China Space Station'. Perhaps 'Tiangong' will be used more widely when the station reaches its T-shaped configuration...

[SciNews]

The Shenzhou-12 crew

The Shenzhou-12 mission objectives

[eeergo]

Clips of training by the (CSS Expedition-1?) crew:

https://twitter.com/CNSAWatcher/status/1405031113131708416