The selection of new astronauts in China is planned to begin this year, reports the Renmin Daily report. At the PRC cosmonauts training center, the newspaper was told that after a few years, the Chinese space station would be able to receive several crews of cosmonauts on board at once, therefore, we must begin preparations for this now.
Since the space in the space laboratory will be sufficient, it is quite logical that not only pilots will send to the Heavenly Palace-2. Engineers and scientists can be useful in orbit, so the Chinese training center is going to increase the cosmonaut corps, selecting various specialists for it. The Center stressed that while the recruitment will be carried out from students and employees of the aerospace sphere.
Recall that in April of this year the cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1 will be launched to the space laboratory "Heavenly Palace-2", which will have to deliver various supplies to the laboratory. The main block of the space station China is going to launch in 2018, and by 2022 plans to start using the station in full force.
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