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Chinese astronauts complete desert survival training
Updated: May 28, 2018
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Taikonaut Chen Dong (C) participates in a launchpad emergency escape training in Northwest China's Gansu province, May 17, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]
This is the latest survival training activity for Chinese astronauts after their sea survival training with two European astronauts in waters off the coast of Yantai in east China's Shandong Province in August 2017.
In the latest training program, each team, all wearing spacesuits, simulated an emergency landing scenario in which they needed to exit the capsule themselves, report their location and survive in the desert until rescue arrived 48 hours later.
In the desert, a land of extremes, the trainees had to handle the arid conditions, the daytime heat and cold at night.
