The Current Situation of China Manned Space Technology and the Direction for its Further Development

Paper number

IAC-06-B4.1.05

Author

Mr. Zhu Zong Peng, China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), China

Year

2006

Abstract

This paper introduced the current situation of China manned aerospace technology and the direction for its further development.
Shenzhou V was launched at 9:00 am on Oct. 15, 2003. The first experiment of manned space flight was finished successfully. On Oct. 17, 2005, Shenzhou VI returned back earth safely after 5 days flight. The second manned space flight of Shenzhou succeeds satisfactorily. China achieved the first space scientific experiment with human participation in its real sense, initially mastered the technology of multi-astronauts and multi-days space mission.
According to the three-step stratagem of the national manned space development, we are currently in the stage of the second step. In this stage, we will get over the technologies of extra vehicular activities (EVA), rendezvous and docking (RVD) and long term flight in low Earth orbit.

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