The Shenzhou-18 manned spaceship has been successfully launched (发射) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. It marks China’s 32nd manned flight into space.
At 8: 59 p. m. on April 25, 2024, it___1___ (send) three astronauts and nearly 100 experimental boxes (实验柜) to the Tiangong space station. The three astronauts ___2___(be) Ye Guangfu, Li Cong and Li Guangsu. They were all born in the 1980s. Ye was one of the ___3___ (member) of the Shenzhou-l3 mission (任务) from October 2021___4___ April 2022.
This time, he works as the ___5___ (lead) of the three astronauts. Both Li Cong ___6___Li Guangsu are newcomers to space. During___7___ (they) time in space, they will care for the space station to make sure it can work ___8___ (safe). They will do over 90 experiments. A fish ___9___ (call) “the 4th member of Shenzhou-18” will be used for an experimental project.
The Shenzhou-18 astronauts are planned to return to___10___earth in late October this year. So they will spend about six months on the space station.