The three astronauts aboard China's Shenzhou-23 mission have completed their first in-orbit medical rescue training since arriving at the Tiangong space station, according to a video released by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
The training was designed to help astronauts Zhu Yangzhu, Zhang Zhiyuan and Li Jiaying become familiar with rescue operation techniques and the characteristics of force application in a microgravity environment, the CMSA said in the video released on Sunday.
Apart from the medical rescue exercise, the crew has been carrying out a variety of scientific experiments. Using a space Raman spectrometer, they studied the relationship between gut microbiota and nutritional metabolism during long-duration space missions.
The astronauts also conducted behavioral experiments on visual motion processing and intuitive physics under microgravity conditions to examine the effects of gravity on visual information processing and the impact of prolonged spaceflight on intuitive physics perception.
In addition, the crew carried out in-orbit assessments of emotion recognition and emergency decision-making capabilities.
China launched the Shenzhou-23 crewed spacecraft on May 24. The mission includes a one-year in-orbit stay experiment, expected to provide important data for future long-duration space exploration missions.