Chinese Space Program

Scott Manley has just uploaded a video about why the Shenzhou spacecraft is better than the Soyuz spacecraft it's based on:


China's Shenzhou spacecraft is heavily inspired from Soyuz, and there are likely systems copied directly from Soyuz. However, with the benefits of 21st century development it's not wedded to many of the limitations imposed by the Soyuz heritage.
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Which oddly enough means that between the last flight of Shuttle and the first Crewed flight of Dragon it was the best operational human rated spacecraft.... I never thought about that until I wrote this description.
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Something I've wondered about both the Shenzhou's and Soyuz's LAS after it is jettisoned is if the unfired abort rocket-motor explode or just burn on impact with the ground?
 
We learn that 黎家盈 (Lai Jiaying in Mandarin, Lai Kaying in Cantonese), a policewoman (from a special surveillance unit) from Hong Kong, with a doctorate in computer science, has been selected as a Payload Specialist for the 4th Chinese Astronaut group (whose selection began in 2022), she reportedly already passed her astronaut diploma

This makes her the first Hongkonger astronaut and the first member 4th PLAASF astronaut group whose identity is known. Also the 3rd Chinese female astronaut whose identity is known, although another unknown one had been selected for the 3rd group and has yet to fly.

Another person who made it to the final selection is a person who came to Hong Kong from the mainland for development and has obtained permanent resident status. Both Hong Konger astronaut follow a 2022 call for two astronauts from HK and Macau out of the 14 astronauts of the 4th group.

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https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong...3916&module=perpetual_scroll_0&pgtype=article
www.thestandard.com.hk

Policewoman Lai Ka-ying is Hong Kong’s first to land prestigious space role

A female chief inspector of the Hong Kong Police Force, Lai Ka-ying, has been selected as the city’s first-ever payload specialist in the National Manned Space Program, according to Sing Tao Hea...
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