(Beijing Zhongxin Electric) China will launch the "Shenzhou Seventeen" manned spacecraft on Thursday (October 26) in the morning, and will conduct trial maintenance operations outside the "Tiangong" space station cabin for the first time.

China's manned space engineering spokesman Lin Xiqiang announced on Wednesday (October 25) at a press conference that the Shenzhou No. 17 manned spacecraft aimed at 11:14 on October 26th, Beijing time.Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin were composed, and Tang Hongbo served as chief instruction.

Shenzhou No. 17 manned flight task is the 30th flight mission since the implementation of the manned space project, and it is also the 12th manned flight task.The main purpose of the task is to complete the rail rotation with the Shenzhou 16, stay in about six months, and carry out space science and application loads on track experiments.And space station maintenance and maintenance.

Due to the increasing number of space fragments, the situation where long -term operation of spacecraft is inevitable for the impact of small particles of space. Shenzhou 17 will first conduct trial maintenance operations outside the space station cabin for the first time.