China's space station design advanced livable astronauts can achieve "drink yogurt freedom" in space

Beijing, 17 Dec (Xinhua) -- At a meeting of Chinese and foreign journalists held by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee on 17 December, Tang Hongbo, astronaut of Shenzhou 12, said that during the three-month "space business trip," he would be able to eat hot meals in about half an hour. To a certain extent, if there is time, astronauts can also achieve the freedom to drink yogurt.

From June 17 to September 17 this year, Tang Hongbo, together with astronauts Nie Haisheng and Liu Boming, carried out the Shenzhou 12 manned mission, which flew in orbit for three months, and he was very satisfied with the humanized livable design of the Chinese space station.

"Not only do we eat well, but we can also control the microwave oven and hot air heater in the space kitchen through our mobile phones, put the food in advance and make reservations, and then it will be hot." Tang Hongbo said, "During the orbit, all three people can sleep peacefully. Because the sleeping area is designed with a speaker, once there is a situation, the alarm information can be notified to every astronaut. ”

"The design of manned spacecraft is people-oriented, and livability design is an important part of it." Berlin Hou, deputy chief designer of the space station system of China Manned Space Engineering and researcher of the Space Technology Research Institute of the Aerospace Science and Technology Group, said.

Berlin Hou is responsible for the operation of the entire space station and related ground development work, and is very familiar with the content of the livability design of the Chinese space station. He introduced that during the development of the Tianhe core module, the researchers made "fine decoration" to the internal space of the entire core module, which can make the astronauts work comfortably and comfortably inside.

"For example, there are smart homes, and astronauts can control the lighting and kitchen equipment in the entire core cabin through the APP installed by mobile phones." Equipped with a sound and photoelectric system, it can ensure that astronauts rest normally like ground personnel. Berlin Hou said that they have also fully built a space-earth integration network system, astronauts in orbit can be on the Internet as if they were on the ground, and family videos.

Source: Xinhua Net