long work days. part of that has been space walks. i want to show video of you on a space walk. frankly, this is absolutely terrifying to me. the idea of a space walk. i ve been intrigued the process. how often do you do them? you spend several hours out there. how do you get out there? how do you get back in? walk people through that. obviously the process actually begins months and even years ahead of time, our training, but also the development of the procedures and the ground team coordination in getting the systems and equipment ready and then we do maintenance onboard on the suits to get them ready. it takes a long process just to get to that morning of eda. nowadays when you get up in the morning you start about normal time but then you work continuously before you get out
this structure. that s a feat, considering the first manned space exhibition was launched 20 years ago. the three astronauts will conduct experiments and research during the five-month stay in space. and testing new equipment and the conducting of space walks. all that has become common. one of the most fascinating aspects of the crew, is the first time china is spending a civilian into space. he is a pay load expert. he is not a pilot. he went through rigorous rain training before being selected. all previous astronauts have been military personnel. and that s to the program here
station, the [speaking non-english] which means heavenly palace in chinese. now it is worth noting that when the spacecraft docks in less than three hours from now we will be seeing six chinese astronauts, three from the latest mission and three already in space in orbit at the same time. so that is really quite a feat considering the country s first manned mission was only launched 20 years ago in 2003. now the latest crew, the three astronauts, they will be conducting a series of experiments, and the research, doing their five month stay in space. but also installing, testing, maintaining equipment and conducting space walks. all of that has become increasingly common. and the kingdom itself, the first module was entered into space. only in 2021. by the end of last year they are a complete t-shaped three module structure. and now there is already talk
astronauts will be conducting a series of experiments and research for their five month stay in, space but of course installing testing and maintaining equipment and conducting space walks. all of that has become increasingly common and the space station itself, the core module first entered orbit only in 2021, by the end of last year they had completed the construction of his tea shaped three module structure, and now there is already talk of expanding this into a cross shaped structure to extend really further research capabilities. of course, one of the most fascinating aspects of this crew is that for the first time, china is sending a civilian into space and all the previous astronauts had been military personnel. this professor from a very prestigious aeronautics university in beijing, he draws a lot of attention because he wears eyeglasses, prompting officials to explain that with the division of, labor each
paul, thank you. a mission of firsts today in florida. three, two, one. engines full power. space x launched four private astronauts to the international space station. their mission will last eight days. mark strassmann joins us. what you can tellcan you tell u diversity of the group? two men, two women, two americans, two saudis. the first saudi woman to go to space. pgy whitman. ten space walks. 2.5 days doing space walking. she would be my choice as commander if i was a civilian going up. it s the second private mission to the international space station. let s be honest. it s not space tourism. there s an objective. including how microgravity -dayt