China’s Shenzhou 14 astronauts are able to ship their first lecture from the Tiangong space station on Wednesday morning (Oct. 12).
Astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe are scheduled to start their dwell lecture from Tiangong Wednesday at 3:45 a.m. EDT (0745 GMT or 3:45 p.m. Beijing time). It is going to be the third such lecture, following two courses held by the sooner Shenzhou 13 crew, however this would be the first hosted from the brand new Wentian experiment module, which China launched in July.
You’ll be able to watch the lecture dwell here (opens in new tab). Translation from Mandarin into English is more likely to be out there on different streams; Area.com will add a hyperlink to at least one such webcast as soon as it turns into availab.e
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Wednesday’s lecture will introduce the Wentian module, capillary results in microgravity, consuming with a protracted straw, rice grown in space and a query and reply session with college students again on Earth, according (opens in new tab) to China’s human spaceflight company.
The lesson is a part of a sequence referred to as “Tiangong Class,” taking the title for the Chinese language space station (that means “heavenly palace”), as China appears to be like to make the most of its new orbital outpost for uplifting curiosity in space and science domestically and for worldwide status.
China is at the moment additionally gearing as much as launch the third and ultimate module for Tiangong. On Oct. 9 the Mengtian module was loaded up with propellant forward of its journey to space, with launch from the Wenchang spaceport anticipated someday in late October.
China plans to maintain Tiangong completely occupied for at the very least a decade.
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