Tiangong scheduled for completion this year

天宫计划预计今年完工

         Screen image taken at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Jan 8, 2022 shows the Shenzhou XIII astronauts in China's space station core module conducting the manual rendezvousand docking experiment with the Tianzhou 2 cargo craft. 

   2022年1月8日，神舟十三号航天员在中国空间站核心舱与天舟二号货运飞船进行人工交会对接实验。画面由北京航天控制中心拍摄。

China's Tiangong space station is scheduled to be completed before the end of this year and will become a massive spacecraft with a combined weight of nearly 100 metric tons, according to a program leader. Zhou Jianping, chief designer of the nation's manned space program, said the assembly phase of the Tiangong program will begin in May and will involve the launch of two astronaut crews, two space labs and two cargo ships. Zhou made the remarks on Friday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing before the opening of the fifth session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. The scientist is a member of the CPPCC National Committee, the top political advisory body in China.

3月4日在全国政协十三届五次会议首场“委员通道”上，周建平，中国载人航天工程总设计师，全国政协委员表示，重量近100吨的中国空间站将于今年全面竣工。中国空间站工程将于5月起进行组装，期间还将会发射2个空间站实验舱、2艘载人飞船、2艘货运飞船。

“We will send six astronauts in the Shenzhou XIV and XV mission crews. The Shenzhou XIV crew will be responsible for monitoring the docking between the Tianhe core module and the two space labs and then configuring the two labs," he said. "The Shenzhou XV crew will fly to the station around year's end to meet their Shenzhou XIV peers and that will be an exciting moment all of us are eager to see.”

周建平称：“6名航天员将分别乘坐神舟十四号及神州十五号进入中国空间站执行任务，神州十四号的任务人员将负责监控天河核心舱与两个空间实验室的对接，并对两个实验室进行配置。神舟十五号机组人员将在年底飞往空间站与神舟十四号的机组人员见面，我们将翘首以盼这一激动人心的时刻。”

来源：China Daily

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