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In Space/China-Shenzhou-14/Third Spacewalk/Missions
In Space - Nov 17, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of Chinese astronaut Chen Dong getting out of Wentian lab module
Beijing, China - Nov 17, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wang Yanlei, director, astronauts selection and training department, China Astronaut Research and Training Center (starting with shot 1):
"For the first time, we used two robotic arms, namely the big arm and the small arm to form a combined arm to support the task of extravehicular activities. As the single arm is already very long, so the combined arm will be longer, and its flexibility and rigidity is also different from that of a single robotic arm. And it is our first verification of completing extravehicular activities in such a case."
In Space - Nov 17, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
3. Chinese astronaut Liu Yang in core module Tianhe
4. Various of Chen Dong installing connection between Wentian and core module Tianhe
Beijing, China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Animation of China Space Station's T-shape basic structure
Beijing, China - Nov 17, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wang Yanlei, director, astronauts selection and training department, China Astronaut Research and Training Center (starting with shot 5/ending with shot 7):
"In the T-shape configuration, the airlock is at the end of the wentian module, which is equivalent to one end of the T-shape configuration. So if the robotic arm takes astronauts to each operation point, its path transfer will be longer than before, and the movement time of the robotic arm will be longer, which is a major feature."
In Space - Nov 17, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Various of Chen Dong installing connection between Wentian and core module Tianhe
Beijing, China - Nov 17, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
8. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wang Yanlei, director, astronauts selection and training department, China Astronaut Research and Training Center (starting with shot 7/ending with shot 9):
"At the operating point of the connecting device between the two cabins, we have designed different operating positions for the astronauts on the robotic arm, increasing its complexity and the precision of operation. For example, there is a triple lock at one of the fixed points of our cabin connection device. Each lock must be locked in place by the astronauts, and it is related to each other, which requires the astronauts to conduct more precise operations, and it is necessary to ensure that the two ends of our connecting device are connected tightly, so as to ensure that we have a reliable path for the autonomous extravehicular transfer of astronauts in the future."
In Space - Nov 17, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
9. Various of Chen Dong getting back to lab module
The ongoing third spacewalk operation for the Shenzhou-14 crew on board the orbiting Chinese Tiangong space station requires higher precision with more complex tasks, said an expert on Thursday.
Commander Chen Dong has already gotten out of the space station, and crew member Cai Xuzhe will subsequently exit. Astronaut Liu Yang is inside the core module to support her crewmates, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
Their third extravehicular activities (EVAs) marks the first spacewalk after the China Space Station completed its T-shape basic structure assembly on November 3.
The missions are expected to last for 6.5 hours, including installing connections between cabins, elevating the panoramic camera A outside Wentian and installing a booster handle on the small robotic arm.
"For the first time, we used two robotic arms, namely the big arm and the small arm to form a combined arm to support the task of extravehicular activities. As the single arm is already very long, so the combined arm will be longer, and its flexibility and rigidity is also different from that of a single robotic arm. And it is our first verification of completing extravehicular activities in such a case," said Wang Yanlei, director of the astronauts selection and training department of the China Astronaut Research and Training Center, on Thursday.
The space station's basic T-shape configuration will require astronauts to crawl longer distances on the bulkhead during the spacewalk than before, so the operating range of the robotic arm will need to be larger.
According to mission insiders, the combination of large and small robotic arms could provide astronauts with a greater operating range of up to 15 meters after the two ends are connected, meaning it would be able to cover almost every corner of the space station assembly.
"In the T-shape configuration, the airlock is at the end of the wentian module, which is equivalent to one end of the T-shape configuration. So if the robotic arm takes astronauts to each operation point, its path transfer will be longer than before, and the movement time of the robotic arm will be longer, which is a major feature," said Wang.
During this spacewalk, astronauts need to establish connections between the three modules to ensure that subsequent astronauts have a corresponding path to crawl between each operation point outside the module.
"At the operating point of the connecting device between the two cabins, we have designed different operating positions for the astronauts on the robotic arm, increasing its complexity and the precision of operation. For example, there is a triple lock at one of the fixed points of our cabin connection device. Each lock must be locked in place by the astronauts, and it is related to each other, which requires the astronauts to conduct more precise operations, and it is necessary to ensure that the two ends of our connecting device are connected tightly, so as to ensure that we have a reliable path for the autonomous extravehicular transfer of astronauts in the future," said Wang.
China launched the crewed spaceship Shenzhou-14 on June 5, sending the three-member crew to its space station combination for a six-month mission aimed at completing the final phase of the construction of the Tiangong by the end of 2022.
The trio successfully completed the first EVAs from the airlock cabin of the Wentian lab module on September 2, which lasted about seven hours and the second EVAs on Sept. 17, which lasted about five hours.
The three crew members were sent to the space station on June 5 for a six-month mission. During the second half of their six-month stay in orbit, they oversaw the arrival of the other lab module Mengtian. And it is the first time that they have conducted EVAs since the space station formed a three-module T-shape structure with the core module Tianhe and lab modules Wentian and Mengtian.
China plans to launch the Shenzhou-15 crewed spaceship later this year. The Shenzhou-14 and Shenzhou-15 crew members will conduct the first in-orbit crew rotation in China's space history.
In Space/China-Shenzhou-14/Third Spacewalk/Missions
Dateline : Nov 17, 2022/Recent
Location : China
Duration : 2'15
In Space - Nov 17, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of Chinese astronaut Chen Dong getting out of Wentian lab module
Beijing, China - Nov 17, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wang Yanlei, director, astronauts selection and training department, China Astronaut Research and Training Center (starting with shot 1):
"For the first time, we used two robotic arms, namely the big arm and the small arm to form a combined arm to support the task of extravehicular activities. As the single arm is already very long, so the combined arm will be longer, and its flexibility and rigidity is also different from that of a single robotic arm. And it is our first verification of completing extravehicular activities in such a case."
In Space - Nov 17, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
3. Chinese astronaut Liu Yang in core module Tianhe
4. Various of Chen Dong installing connection between Wentian and core module Tianhe
Beijing, China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Animation of China Space Station's T-shape basic structure
Beijing, China - Nov 17, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wang Yanlei, director, astronauts selection and training department, China Astronaut Research and Training Center (starting with shot 5/ending with shot 7):
"In the T-shape configuration, the airlock is at the end of the wentian module, which is equivalent to one end of the T-shape configuration. So if the robotic arm takes astronauts to each operation point, its path transfer will be longer than before, and the movement time of the robotic arm will be longer, which is a major feature."
In Space - Nov 17, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Various of Chen Dong installing connection between Wentian and core module Tianhe
Beijing, China - Nov 17, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
8. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wang Yanlei, director, astronauts selection and training department, China Astronaut Research and Training Center (starting with shot 7/ending with shot 9):
"At the operating point of the connecting device between the two cabins, we have designed different operating positions for the astronauts on the robotic arm, increasing its complexity and the precision of operation. For example, there is a triple lock at one of the fixed points of our cabin connection device. Each lock must be locked in place by the astronauts, and it is related to each other, which requires the astronauts to conduct more precise operations, and it is necessary to ensure that the two ends of our connecting device are connected tightly, so as to ensure that we have a reliable path for the autonomous extravehicular transfer of astronauts in the future."
In Space - Nov 17, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
9. Various of Chen Dong getting back to lab module
The ongoing third spacewalk operation for the Shenzhou-14 crew on board the orbiting Chinese Tiangong space station requires higher precision with more complex tasks, said an expert on Thursday.
Commander Chen Dong has already gotten out of the space station, and crew member Cai Xuzhe will subsequently exit. Astronaut Liu Yang is inside the core module to support her crewmates, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
Their third extravehicular activities (EVAs) marks the first spacewalk after the China Space Station completed its T-shape basic structure assembly on November 3.
The missions are expected to last for 6.5 hours, including installing connections between cabins, elevating the panoramic camera A outside Wentian and installing a booster handle on the small robotic arm.
"For the first time, we used two robotic arms, namely the big arm and the small arm to form a combined arm to support the task of extravehicular activities. As the single arm is already very long, so the combined arm will be longer, and its flexibility and rigidity is also different from that of a single robotic arm. And it is our first verification of completing extravehicular activities in such a case," said Wang Yanlei, director of the astronauts selection and training department of the China Astronaut Research and Training Center, on Thursday.
The space station's basic T-shape configuration will require astronauts to crawl longer distances on the bulkhead during the spacewalk than before, so the operating range of the robotic arm will need to be larger.
According to mission insiders, the combination of large and small robotic arms could provide astronauts with a greater operating range of up to 15 meters after the two ends are connected, meaning it would be able to cover almost every corner of the space station assembly.
"In the T-shape configuration, the airlock is at the end of the wentian module, which is equivalent to one end of the T-shape configuration. So if the robotic arm takes astronauts to each operation point, its path transfer will be longer than before, and the movement time of the robotic arm will be longer, which is a major feature," said Wang.
During this spacewalk, astronauts need to establish connections between the three modules to ensure that subsequent astronauts have a corresponding path to crawl between each operation point outside the module.
"At the operating point of the connecting device between the two cabins, we have designed different operating positions for the astronauts on the robotic arm, increasing its complexity and the precision of operation. For example, there is a triple lock at one of the fixed points of our cabin connection device. Each lock must be locked in place by the astronauts, and it is related to each other, which requires the astronauts to conduct more precise operations, and it is necessary to ensure that the two ends of our connecting device are connected tightly, so as to ensure that we have a reliable path for the autonomous extravehicular transfer of astronauts in the future," said Wang.
China launched the crewed spaceship Shenzhou-14 on June 5, sending the three-member crew to its space station combination for a six-month mission aimed at completing the final phase of the construction of the Tiangong by the end of 2022.
The trio successfully completed the first EVAs from the airlock cabin of the Wentian lab module on September 2, which lasted about seven hours and the second EVAs on Sept. 17, which lasted about five hours.
The three crew members were sent to the space station on June 5 for a six-month mission. During the second half of their six-month stay in orbit, they oversaw the arrival of the other lab module Mengtian. And it is the first time that they have conducted EVAs since the space station formed a three-module T-shape structure with the core module Tianhe and lab modules Wentian and Mengtian.
China plans to launch the Shenzhou-15 crewed spaceship later this year. The Shenzhou-14 and Shenzhou-15 crew members will conduct the first in-orbit crew rotation in China's space history.
ID : 8300305
Published : 2022-11-17 15:57
Last Modified : 2022-11-17 20:19:56
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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