Abstract: Tiangong officially invited foreign astronauts stationed in 17 countries have applied, the United States would like to join by the "three consecutive rejections".

According to China's manned space engineering office news, Shenzhou 18 manned spacecraft plans to recently choose the opportunity to implement the launch.About Shenzhou 18 astronauts also triggered a lot of people hot discussion, will there be foreign astronauts?

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China's official announcement - officially invited foreign astronauts

As early as China's implementation of the Shenzhou 17 manned spacecraft mission, it was announced to the public - officially invited foreign astronauts.Therefore, foreign astronauts to join the Chinese space station is also a "nail in the coffin" thing.

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Will there be foreign astronauts on Shenzhou 18?

Since we intend to invite foreign astronauts to visit our space station and carry out missions, will there be foreign astronauts on the Shenzhou XVIII mission that is ready to go?

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Judging from the current situation, foreign astronauts should not participate in our space station missions in a short period of time, which means it is basically impossible for foreign astronauts to participate in the Shenzhou 18 mission.

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Because we announced our invitation to welcome foreign astronauts to join us on China's space station missions at the Shenzhou 17 mission press conference in October 2023, and the astronaut selection process is complicated and takes a long time.Therefore, the probability is that there will be no foreign astronauts on the Shenzhou 18 spacecraft that is about to be launched into space.

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Of particular note is the official news that 17 countries, including Russia, Italy, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Japan, are already lining up to be stationed at the Chinese space station.The U.S. application to join the station was rejected three times by Chinese officials on the grounds that its program failed to meet the standards in terms of scientific value and technical aspects.