Original title: the Shenzhou 13 astronaut crew successfully completed the rendezvous and docking test of the manual remote operation Tianzhou 2 cargo spacecraft and the space station assembly
[Global Times global network comprehensive report] according to the information from China Manned Space Engineering Office: at 7:55 on January 8, 2022, after about two hours, the Shenzhou 13 astronaut crew, with the close cooperation of ground scientific and technological personnel, adopted the manual remote operation mode in the core module of the space station, Successfully completed the rendezvous and docking test of the Tianzhou II cargo spacecraft and the space station assembly.
After the test, the tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft was separated from the forward port of the node module of the core module. The astronauts controlled the cargo spacecraft to evacuate to the predetermined docking point through manual remote operation. After a short berthing, turn to the translational approach section to control the combination of cargo spacecraft and space station to accurately complete forward rendezvous and docking.
As an important mode of rendezvous and docking between space station and visiting aircraft, manual teleoperation rendezvous and docking is a backup means of automatic rendezvous and docking of unmanned visiting aircraft. This test is the first time that astronauts use hand-controlled teleoperation equipment in orbit to control the rendezvous and docking between cargo spacecraft and the space station. It preliminarily verifies the function and performance of the hand-controlled teleoperation system of the space station and visiting aircraft and the rationality of the collaborative work procedure between heaven and earth.