China's Space Program Thread II

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SZ-19 crew announced (Left to right) Wang Haoze - engineer, Cai Xuzhe - commander, Song Lingdong

 

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lunar rover concepts

 

[sunnymaxi]

lunar rover concepts
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CMSA has selected two proposals, designed by SAST and CAST, of lunar roving vehicles into the round of prototyping before the final decision of which to carry out the human lunar landing mission.

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Cargo Spaceplane "Haolong"

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Haolong cargo space shuttle independently developed by the Chengdu Institute of Aviation Industry Corporation of China has been shortlisted for the overall plan of the low-cost cargo transportation system for the space station and has won the engineering flight verification phase contract. Its name is "Haolong No. 1".
"Haolong No. 1" is a reusable commercial spacecraft used to carry out low-cost cargo transportation missions for the space station.

The "Haolong" cargo space shuttle adopts a large wingspan, high lift-to-drag ratio, and reusable aircraft technology solution. It is launched by a carrier rocket and rendezvoused and docked with the space station. After leaving the space station, it will de-orbit and brake, re-enter the flight, and land horizontally on the airport runway. After completing inspection and maintenance, it can perform missions again.

the "Haolong" model will make its debut at the 15th China Air Show, where it will be fully displayed at the Commercial Space Booth of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China.

 

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Cargo Spaceplane "Haolong"

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the big surprise for me is, contract won by CAC. famously known for J-10/J-20 manufacturer.. so military+civilian fusion. nice

 

[huemens]

the big surprise for me is, contract won by CAC. famously known for J-10/J-20 manufacturer.. so military+civilian fusion. nice

The other winning proposal is from CAS Space + Shanghai Microsat. CAS Space will provide the rocket Kinetica-2 and Microsat will make a cargo ship called "Qingzhou"

 

[lcloo]

Shenzhou-19 will be launched at 04.27 AM Beijing time today, i.e. about 2 hour 45 minutes from time of this posting.

 

[pipaster]

Interview of the Shenzhou 19 crew below. Two first time taikonauts with Song and Wang. Wang is the first female fight engineer from the CMSA.

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Shenzhou 19 pre-launch news conference, CMSA speaker responded to question regarding NASA's stranded astronauts:
我们对NASA高度重视航天员安全表示赞赏，同时也预祝两名航天员能安全归来。
We appreciate that NASA attaches great importance to astronaut safety, and we also wish the two astronauts a safe return.

I can't stop thinking it is more of a mockery. If NASA really cares for safety, it wouldn't have launched starliner without a backup rocket and spacecraft on the ground no matter what they expect the result. NASA would not have set Artemis III in 2026 after just one uncrewed demonstration of SpaceX HLS. For reference, there is Shenzhou 20 and CZ-2F Y-20 waiting on the ground already now, they would act as rescurer in case 19 got into troubles. That is what care and seriousness means. Now when I look back, the US has always been prioritize "size contest" over everything else. Space shuttle was designed without escape system relying on non-existing reliability. Even Apollo was not much better if we look at how many US astranauts were killed. So much bragging and bloating.

 

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