Chinese astronaut crews are usually revealed only a day ahead of launch.
to spend six months in orbit conducting science experiments and keeping the space station maintained.
Two three-person crews have been selected for the Shenzhou 16 mission, due to launch in May, and the following Shenzhou 17 mission, launching six months later. The missions will lift off atopEach mission also has a backup crew selected that will be ready to fill a position in the primary crew, if required.
"Before the start of the spaceflight mission, we will select the astronauts one or one and a half years in advance, including the astronauts who will perform the mission and the backup crew," Yang Liwei, deputy chief designer of China’s human spaceflight program, told Chinese broadcaster CCTV. "Now we've basically conducted astronaut selection for two missions together, and will select a backup crew," added Yang, who was also China's first astronaut in space.
Previously, the China Manned Space Agency would send a backup crew for a mission to space on the following flight. This appears to have changed and likely reflects the shifts required to adjust to launching crewed missions every six months.
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