In the early morning of June 17, 2021, Beijing time, the astronaut team of Shenzhou 12 manned flight mission was held in Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
Lead the battle! Start the journey
At 6:32, Li Shangfu, commander in chief of China's manned space program and commander in chief of the space station phase flight mission command, ordered Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo three astronauts to lead the expedition, which is about to open a three-month flight mission, and will become the first space visitors after China's manned space program enters the space station phase.
Motorcycle escort to the launch tower
After the ceremony, the three astronauts were escorted by mounted police on motorcycles to the launch tower. The convoy successively passed the space Memorial Tower, the landmark building of Dongfeng Space City, and the Rainbow Bridge, the landmark landscape of Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, entered the launch site from the south gate of the launch site, and got off at the east Changping of the launch site, and finally entered the Shenzhou spacecraft.
The arrival tower is about to enter
After reaching the launch tower, they took an elevator to the position of the hatch of the Shenzhou XII spacecraft on the ninth floor platform of the tower. The astronauts had two chances to enter the return module before they officially entered. The day before the full system exercise, they had entered the module to confirm, then only to look at, do not operate anything; Before the whole system exercise, the astronauts also need to wear the cabin work clothes to enter the return module for confirmation and familiarity, which has a good effect on the psychological and operational skills of the astronauts. When the three astronauts arrived at the 9th floor waiting to enter the capsule, astronaut Liu Boming first found the camera to greet the camera, followed by Nie Haisheng and Tang Hongbo also found the camera, three people waved at the camera at the same time, the atmosphere was quite active.
Enter the re-entry module for launch
After completing the entry preparation, the astronaut Tang Hongbo first entered the re-entry module from the orbital module and sat on the left-hand seat. Then the astronaut Liu Boming entered the re-entry module and sat on the right-hand side. During the entire entry process, the astronauts were very careful, and there were some actions to support each other, which on the one hand was to ensure the safety of the astronauts, and on the other hand was to protect the equipment in the spacecraft. Astronaut Nie Haisheng was the last to enter the module. He did not enter the re-entry module directly after entering the orbital module, but began to inspect the orbital module. After the inspection of the orbital module, Nie Haisheng entered the re-entry module and sat in the command position in the middle.
After the three astronauts enter the module, there will be a series of preparations, after the completion of the preparation, Shenzhou-12 manned spacecraft will be aimed at 9:22 p.m.