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27-529: Feitian may refer to: Feitian space suit , a Chinese space suit Feitian Technologies Co., Ltd. , an information security provider in China Feitian , the Chinese word for apsara , a flying deva of Hindu and Buddhist mythology Feitian Awards, short name of Flying Apsaras Awards , Chinese TV awards ceremony Chinese place Feitian, Leiyang (淝田镇),

54-524: A full operation. A total of six astronauts were trained, three to conduct the mission and three others to serve as a backup crew. The Long March 2F rocket launched the Shenzhou 7 into an initial elliptical orbit of 200 x 330 kilometres inclined at 42.4 degrees on 25 September 2008. About seven hours later the spacecraft raised its orbit to a more circular orbit of 330 x 336 km. After three days in space, deorbit manoeuvres began on 28 September at 08:48, and

81-608: A key role in the Shenzhou VII mission. Custom-made, compact, foldable toilets allow the astronaut's collected urine to be scientifically inspected. Most of the Shenzhou 6 project management team has stayed for the Shenzhou 7 mission. Changes in personnel include: According to the United States Strategic Command , at 15:07 Greenwich Mean Time on 27 September 2008, the Shenzhou 7 ship passed within 45 kilometers of

108-544: A new name. Shenzhou 7 The Shenzhou spacecraft carrying the three crew members was launched 25 September 2008, by a Long March 2F (CZ-2F) rocket which lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 21:10 CST. The mission lasted three days, after which the craft landed safely in Siziwang Banner in central Inner Mongolia on 28 September 2008, at 17:37 CST. The Shenzhou 7 EVA made

135-469: A town of Leiyang City , Hunan . Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Feitian . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Feitian&oldid=969499824 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

162-507: Is a reference to the flying gods and goddesses feitian , sometimes translated as flying apsara , in Chinese, and most famously depicted in Chinese art in the grottoes of Dunhuang . Images of the feitian from Dunhuang appear on the arm badge of the space suit. When the China Manned Space Program was approved in 1992, one of its "second phase" goals was to develop extravehicular activity capability. To achieve this goal, in

189-546: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Feitian space suit The Feitian space suit ( Chinese : 飞天航天服 ; pinyin : Fēitiān Hángtiān Fù ) is an extravehicular space suit design developed and used by the China Manned Space Program . It provides life support, environmental protection, and communications for taikonauts during extravehicular activity (EVA). The earliest Feitian space suit

216-650: The International Space Station . There is no international laws defining distance of passage of outer space objects. China did not respond to queries about why it allowed its ship to pass so close to the space station. Richard Fisher, a senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center, in an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal noted that the Shenzhou 7 had launched its companion satellite BX-1 four hours earlier. The IASC

243-468: The Shenzhou 6 mission, but since then more improvements have been added to the carrier rocket , to the pipes of the second stage, and to more than thirty other parts of the spacecraft.. The Orbital module has been modified and its solar panels removed in order to allow for the EVA experiment. For this same reason, in contrast to previous Shenzhou missions, it will not remain in space after its separation with

270-541: The 2009 Space Achievement Award from the Space Foundation . On 27 September, Zhai Zhigang , wearing a Chinese-developed Feitian space suit , conducted a 22-minute space walk, the first ever for a Chinese astronaut. Zhai slipped out of the orbital module in a head-first position at around 16:43 (0843 GMT) and wandered around the orbital module, retrieved experiment samples and waved the Chinese flag in space. The spacewalk lasted about 20 minutes, with Zhai returning to

297-530: The Chinese space program the third to have conducted an EVA. EVAs had previously been conducted by the space programs of the Soviet Union (later Russia) and the United States. The crew for Shenzhou 7 was announced on 17 September 2008. Of the back-up crew, only Chen Quan had not previously flown in space. Shenzhou 7 was the first Chinese space mission to carry a three-person crew for several days and conduct

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324-697: The Chinese-made Feitian space suit and the Russian-made Orlan-M space suit respectively. On 27 September 2008, Shenzhou 7 Commander Zhai Zhigang completed China's first extravehicular activity, wearing a first-generation Feitian space suit. The EVA lasted for about 20 minutes. During the EVA, taikonaut Liu Boming remained inside the spacecraft's orbital module, wearing an imported Russian Orlan-M space suit. Nearly thirteen years after Shenzhou 7, on 4 July 2021, taikonauts Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo of Shenzhou 12 conducted China's second EVA from

351-450: The Shenzhou 7 spacecraft and the ground stations, and to increase the amount of data that can be transferred to the ground. The Tianlian I satellite alone can cover 50 percent of the orbit of Shenzhou 7—whereas the Yuanwang space tracking ships, along with China's ten ground observation stations, have a coverage of only 12 percent—and thus will increase the total coverage to about 62 percent of

378-522: The atmosphere, the satellite caught up to the orbiting spacecraft using a liquid ammonia engine, then continue to orbit around the spacecraft. The mini-satellite will work for about three months. China launched its first data relay satellite , called Tianlian I (天链一号), from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on a Long March-3C carrier rocket on 25 April 2008. The Tianlian I satellite will be used to speed up communication between

405-541: The departing crew in the Return module. Handrails have been added to the external wall of the Orbital module to allow the space walking astronaut to reach specific experiment areas. More cameras have been installed on this spacecraft than on the Shenzhou 6 vessel, in addition to those covering the Orbital module and the Return module. Two new, recently commissioned Yuanwang-class tracking ships , Yuanwang-5 and Yuanwang-6, played

432-634: The early 2000s, China signed an agreement with Russia to allow import of the Orlan-M space suit to China. Also in the early 2000s, the Chinese space program began development of its own domestic EVA suit design. The first such suit was assembled in June 2006, and certified in two years later in June 2008. On 24 September 2008, the China Manned Space Agency announced that China's first extravehicular activity would be conducted by two taikonauts, wearing

459-451: The excretion of bodily waste. According to Chinese media reports, spacesuit materials with such features as fire and radiation resistance were developed by several civilian corporations and national institutes. Each suit was reported to have cost 30 million RMB (about US$ 4.4 million). Except for the gloves of the Feitian suit, the space suits were not brought back to Earth. A fire alarm

486-400: The mini-satellite technology, observing and monitoring the spacecraft, and testing the tracking and approaching technology used for space rendezvous and docking . The miniaturized satellite took photos and videos near the spacecraft, then maneuvered to about 100 to 200 kilometres (62 to 124 mi) away from the spacecraft. After the return module separated from the spacecraft and re-entered

513-686: The mission. The Shenzhou 7 project consists of seven subsystems, with the Chinese military responsible for launching, recovering, crew, and tracking subsystems, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation responsible for the carrier rocket and spacecraft itself, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences responsible for the payloads on board the spacecraft (other than the crew). A columniform water training pool of 23 metres (75 ft) in diameter and 10 metres (33 ft) in depth, located in China Astronaut Training Center, simulates

540-462: The newly-launched Tianhe core module of the Tiangong space station , wearing an updated second-generation version of the Feitian space suit. The updated suit design includes two variants, one with red stripes and one with blue stripes, used to distinguish between taikonauts on EVA. A new EVA spacesuit designed for the lunar environmnet has been unveiled by China on 28 September 2024; it will carry

567-450: The orbital module at 17:00. The first space walk was limited in scope: cables were used to tie Zhai to the handrail outside the orbital module, and his moving route was restricted to areas near the exits. Liu Boming , wearing a Russian Orlan-M suit, stayed in the airlock in the orbital module to provide help if necessary. Liu also conducted an EVA, standing up at 08:58 UTC to hand Zhai a flag. The third astronaut, Jing Haipeng remained in

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594-537: The re-entry module to monitor the general situation of the spacecraft. By 09:00 UTC both astronauts were back inside and the hatch was closed. The space walk was broadcast live on Chinese media, and two cameras provided panoramic images. The Feitian spacesuit is similar to the Orlan-M (known as Haiying , 海鹰, in Chinese) in shape and volume and are designed for spacewalks of up to seven hours, providing oxygen and allowing for

621-406: The return module landed at 09:37 UTC at coordinates 42°16′41″N 111°21′18″E  /  42.278°N 111.355°E  / 42.278; 111.355 . China has been congratulated by a number of foreign leaders for the successful completion of the mission, which marked a number of developments for China's space program, including several first-time achievements. The Shenzhou 7 Mission won

648-403: The weightlessness experienced in space. A model of the Shenzhou orbital module has been used in the pool to train the crew for the space walk. Special attention has been paid to solving vibration problems that were encountered 120 seconds into the Shenzhou 5 mission. These vibrations were described by Shenzhou 5 astronaut Yang Liwei as hard to endure. Corrective measures were implemented for

675-446: Was aimed to study a lubricant which will be used for space-based moving components in future space facilities. A miniaturized satellite was released during the mission on 27 September at 19:24, after Zhai returned to the spacecraft. The satellite was a cube about 40 cm (16 in) long, with a mass of 40 kilograms (88 lb); it carried boost devices and two 150-megapixel stereo cameras . The satellite's tasks included testing

702-406: Was reported to the control center at the beginning of the EVA, but it was confirmed to be a false alarm. Scientists conducted a solid lubricant exposure experiment during the mission. A piece of equipment the size of a book was installed on the outside wall of the orbital module, and was later retrieved during the space walk, after having been exposed in space for more than 40 hours. The experiment

729-541: Was used on Shenzhou 7 , worn by taikonaut Zhai Zhigang during China 's first-ever spacewalk on 27 September 2008. An improved version of the Feitian space suit is used aboard the Tiangong space station , with the first EVA using the updated version being on Shenzhou 12 's first EVA, on 4 July 2021. As of July 2023, 13 Chinese taikonauts have completed 13 EVAs wearing Feitian space suits. The name fēi tiān literally and separately means "flying" and "sky" in Mandarin. It

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