China's space crew assesses emergency choices, emotions in long-stay study

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  China's Shenzhou 23 space station crew has completed emergency decision-making assessments

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  and tests on emotional states as part of a broader effort to study how long-duration space flights affect behavior.

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  The trio have been aboard the Tiangong Space Station for nearly two months.

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  One of them will stay in orbit for one year to conduct China's first space human research program

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  and collect data on the longer-term flight of astronauts.

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  In a recent weekly video released by the China Man Space Agency,

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  the crew members were seen wearing sensors and VR headsets for brainwave monitoring.

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  The tests are among more than 100 science and application projects underway aboard the station.

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  Besides space medicine, the crew has also installed a radiation biology exposure device and an external camera

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  on one of the space station's lab modules and has conducted cargo tests of measurement instruments.

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  According to the agency, a new type of energy storage battery will be tested

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  in orbit with results expected to support future upgrades to the space station.

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  China launched the Shenzhou-23 crewed spaceship on May 24. With one of the mission's

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  highlights being the one year in orbit stay for the crew member.

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  As the country advances toward its goal of deep space explorations, Long duration missions are expected

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