Astronaut digs deep on training mission
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YE Guangfu emerged from deep in an Italian cave yesterday to meet the press after the completion of an underground training mission for astronauts.
Ye, 36, and five other prospective astronauts from Japan, Russia, Spain and the United States spent six nights in the cave in Sardinia from July 1, simulating a mission to another planet as part of a European Space Agency course designed to test human behavior and performance skills.
The mission focuses on multi-cultural approaches to leadership, following orders, teamwork and decision-making, according to the ESA.
“The cave is isolated from the outside world and is dark, damp and cold. We six were responsible for completing daily tasks such as climbing, exploration and surveying; really arduous but worthwhile training,” Ye said as he addressed the media in Beijing.
The team went further than previous courses, mapping the participants’ progress and taking samples of the environment and life they found.
They also tested new techniques for making accurate 3D models of objects and the environment using standard cameras — a technique that could be used in exploring other planets.
Ye is the first of China’s five male second-generation astronauts to meet the press. He was selected to join the second batch of five men and two women in 2010.
They include Liu Yang, China’s first woman in space when she flew on the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft in 2012.
The other female astronaut Wang Yaping gave a lecture to students on Earth from space in 2013 when she was part of the Shenzhou-10 mission.
China’s first batch of astronauts had 14 members including Yang Liwei, China’s first man in space in 2003.
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