导读：据中国载人航天工程办公室称，中国计划使用神舟12号载人航天飞船，将3名宇航员送入空间站，这3名宇航员将在“天和号”新空间站完成一项为期3个月的任务。据中国载人航天工程副总设计师、中国首位进入太空的宇航员杨利伟透露，3名乘坐神舟12号载人飞船进入空间站的中国航天员名单已经确定。

难句解析

• self-piloted / ˈself- paɪlətɪd / adj. 自动驾驶的
  例句：She likes the self-piloted car on the road.她喜欢路上的自动驾驶汽车。
• It is the third and largest space station China has built.
  它是中国建造的第三个，也是最大的空间站。China has built是省略关系代词的定语从句，修饰先行词the third and largest space station。
• When asked whether any women were in the crew, Yang said none would be joining the upcoming mission.
  当被问及机组人员中是否有女性时，杨说没有女性会参与即将到来的任务。when引导时间状语从句，当主从句句的主语一致的情况下，从句可省略主语和be动词，即 when ( he was) asked whether…; whether引导宾语从句。

 

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China plans to send three astronauts to its new space station later this month. The plans were confirmed to state television by Yang Liwei, a deputy-chief designer for China’s manned space program. Yang was the country’s first astronaut to launch into orbit in 2003. Three astronauts are to complete a three-month mission on the new space station, called Tianhe. It is the third and largest space station China has built. Its main module(舱) was launched into orbit April 29.

Last Sunday, a self-piloted spacecraft arrived at the space station carrying supplies. Chinese officials said the Tianzhou-2 spacecraft reached the station eight hours after launching from Hainan, an island in the South China Sea. The spacecraft was carrying space suits, living supplies, equipment and fuel. The astronauts will be carried to space aboard the country’s Shenzhou 12 spacecraft. It will launch from China’s Jiuquan base in the northwest.

Yang did not provide the identities of the astronauts or give a flight date in his comments to China Central Television. But he said the astronauts were expected to practice spacewalks, complete repairs and carry out some scientific operations. When asked whether any women were in the crew, Yang said none would be joining the upcoming mission. “But missions after that all will have them,” he added.

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