Gui Haichao, a professor at Beijing's top aerospace research institute, will join two others on a mission to the Tiangong space station.
36-year-old Gui Haichao, from Beihang University in Beijing, will act as a payload specialist on the mission. During a press conference, he stated that it is his long-held dream to move his "beloved research work" into space. Jing Haipeng, meanwhile, will fly on his fourth mission to space.
"When I learned China was recruiting the first cohort of payload specialists in 2018, I applied without hesitation," Gui, who is from the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan, explained. "As China’s first payload specialist to enter space, I felt very lucky and happy. The new role in space missions and new opportunities in space science came true, thanks to the new stage of the Chinese space station.
Gui will be responsible for managing the mission's payload, operating equipment, and managing experiments.The crew is scheduled to launch from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China at 9:31 am local time tomorrow, May 30. The crew is set to stay on the Tiangong space station until November.
During a press conference, Lin Xiqiang, Deputy Director of the Chinese Manned Space Agency, stated that the station will be expanded.
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