China, the world’s second largest economy, has been competing to establish its own space station in recent times, as the space race has intensified and started to work. In this context, taikonauts were regularly sent into space. In the context of the rapidly advancing studies, the last day three more taikonauts Arrived at China’s own space station.

According to information shared by China, the three taikonauts were launched at 5:44 a.m. on Monday with a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Launch Center in China’s Gobi Desert. astronauts, It entered the Tiangong space station at 3:50 PM CEST. The astronauts’ journey was announced to take approximately 7 hours.

What are the taikonauts going to do at the station?

China’s Tiangong space station is expected to be fully operational by the end of this year. Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe, the three taikonauts who just arrived at the space station, will be responsible for combining the two lab modules with the main body of the station† The team is scheduled to stay on the station for six months and return to Earth in April.

In addition to its own space station, China also wants to establish its own base on the moon. country, A manned mission to the moon in 2029 implement plans. In addition, the country is continuing its plans to send a spacecraft to Mars.

So why is China building its own space station?

China became the United States of America in 2011. About NASA banning relations with China He was banned from the International Space Station. While the country is not currently cooperating with any country for the station, it also stated that it is open to cooperation in this area.