A screenshot of CCTV Live showing the medical vehicles being equipped a braking system developed by Ruili Group. [Photo/CCTV]
After orbiting Earth for six months, the three crew members of China's Shenzhou XIII mission departed from the Tiangong space station and returned home on the morning of April 16, marking an end to the nation's longest manned spaceflight.
The reentry capsule touched down at the Dongfeng Landing Site in northwestern China's Gobi Desert at 9:56 am. After ground recovery personnel opened the capsule hatch at 10:03 am, the astronauts – Major General Zhai Zhigang, Senior Colonel Wang Yaping and Senior Colonel Ye Guangfu – were immediately sent to specialized vehicles for medical supervision and care.
It was the first time that China had used such vehicles to provide medical services to astronauts. The vehicles offer gravity adjustment and medical care functions, as well as other daily necessities.
The vehicles were refitted from FAW MV3, the third-generation military truck developed by First Automobile Works and used widely by the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
The trucks were equipped with a braking system independently developed by Ruili Group, an industrial leader based in Wenzhou, East China's Zhejiang province. Ruili and FAW have enjoyed a years-long partnership, with the former being a major supplier for the latter.
Ruili is a leading commercial vehicle brake system manufacturer. Its products were applied in the first domestic snow wax car of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, the world's first electric unmanned mixer, the world's first virtual rail train, and the first "pure electric" long-distance passenger line in Europe.
