The theme activity of China manned space flight to celebrate the third "China Aerospace Day" and the awarding ceremony of Ceng Xianzi manned space foundation were held in Beijing on April 23rd. 1 19 The researchers who made outstanding achievements in the mission of China Space Laboratory won the Outstanding Contribution Award of Ceng Xianzi Manned Space Foundation, among which Yang Liwei, the first astronaut in China, and Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong, astronauts of Shenzhou XI, won the Special Contribution Award.

Zhang Yulin, deputy commander-in-chief of China's manned spaceflight project and deputy director of the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission, and Zeng Zhiming, chairman of the Ceng Xianzi Manned Space Foundation, attended the conference with the theme of "Juli Space Station, Entering a New Era" and presented awards to representatives of award-winning researchers. Chen Dong, an astronaut of Shenzhou XI, spoke on behalf of the winners. He expressed his gratitude to the Ceng Xianzi Manned Space Foundation for its concern and support for manned space undertakings and engineering and scientific personnel. He will definitely remember the great trust and expectations of the people of the whole country, including Mr. Ceng Xianzi, and devote himself to the development and construction of the space station project with more enthusiasm and high morale.

From June 65438+1October 15 to June 16, 2003, Yang Liwei circled the earth 14 times in space, lasting 2 1 hour and 23 minutes, successfully completing China's first manned space mission and becoming the first astronaut in China. From June 20 16 to June 20 18+0 16, Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong went into space by Shenzhou XI spacecraft. During their in-orbit flight, they stayed in the combination of Tiangong-2 and Shenzhou XI for 30 days, and completed a series of space science and technology experiments, setting a record for the longest stay of China astronauts in space so far. Source: China News Network