On Nov. 29th, China launched one of the most important missions of its young space program: Shenzhou-15. The spacecraft carried three astronauts to China's new Tiangong space station, where they would begin its permanent occupation. Amateur astronomer Zheng Zhi was in Beijing when the ascending spacecraft flew overhead, and he recorded this spectacular video: to edit.
"The video shows Shenzhou-15 passing below Jupiter and a couple of Jovian Moons just before the second stage's Main Engine Cut Off," explains Zhi. "This event was captured on video by many astrophotographers in northern China."
Less than 6.5 hours later, Shenzhou-15 reached Earth orbit and docked with Tiangong --a remarkably fast automated rendevous and docking. Everything about China's new space station has gone quickly. The first module was launched in April 2021 with rapid additions resulting in its completion only 18 months later. Tiangong is now about the size of Russia's old Mir space station.
The crew of Shenzhou-15 (Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu) are commencing the "permanent manned phase" of the program. If all goes according to plan, from now on Chinese astronauts will always be in space.
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Less than 6.5 hours later, Shenzhou-15 reached Earth orbit and docked with Tiangong --a remarkably fast automated rendevous and docking. Everything about China's new space station has gone quickly. The first module was launched in April 2021 with rapid additions resulting in its completion only 18 months later. Tiangong is now about the size of Russia's old Mir space station.
The crew of Shenzhou-15 (Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu) are commencing the "permanent manned phase" of the program. If all goes according to plan, from now on Chinese astronauts will always be in space.
https://spaceweather.com/
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