04 June 2022
Taikonauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe are assigned to the Shenzhou 14 mission, with Chen serving in the position of the commander, CMSA announced at a press conference held at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre on 4 June. SZ-14 will launch on 5 June at around 10:44 BJT from Jiuquan. The main task of the mission is to complete the construction of the Tiangong space station, with a basic 3-module structure consisting of the core module Tianhe and the lab modules Wentian and Mengtian. Upon completion of the assembly, the space station will become a national space laboratory.
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