flight engineer and payload expert -- have carried out a mission together地震设备. ■
BEIJING， April 18 (Xinhua) -- Three astronauts who took part in the Shenzhou-16 crewed mission were on Thursday awarded medals for their services to China's space endeavors.
Jing Haipeng was honored with a special-class aerospace achievement medal. Zhu Yangzhu and Gui Haichao received third-class aerospace achievement medals and the honorary title of "Heroic Astronaut."
绍兴唯莎进出口有限公司The awards were given by the Communist Party of China Central Committee， the State Council and the Central Military Commission.
Jing carried out crewed space missions four times and served as the mission commander three times. He is the Chinese astronaut who has carried out the most crewed missions for his country.
Zhu is the country's first space flight engineer to carry out a crewed space mission and conduct extravehicular activities.
沙河市体棉类有限公司Gui is China's first payload expert to carry out a crewed space mission.
Launched on May 30， 2023，安达市科户净水器有限公司 the Shenzhou-16 spaceship sent the trio to China's space station core module Tianhe， 祁连县设场坚果有限公司 where they lived and worked for five months.
During their stay， 大同区目香精有限公司地震设备 they performed extravehicular activities once， 固原市伙奥石膏有限公司 delivered a live class from the space station， 安徽安粮国际发展有限公司 and conducted a series of space-science experiments and in-orbit payload experiments.
The trio returned to Earth safely on Oct. 31地震设备， 2023. The Shenzhou-16 mission is the first crewed mission for the application and development stage of China's space station. It is also the first time that three types of astronaut -- pilot， flight engineer and payload expert -- have carried out a mission together. ■