Chinese Shenzhou-9 manned space mission is one of the important moves in China's manned space program,aiming at the breakthrough of the key technology of manual rendezvous and docking (RVD). A lot of studies werecarried out ahead of mission on human factors issues, including personnel selection and training, ergonomic designof human-machine interface and manual control systems, psychological and medical support for crew on orbit, andhuman-centered design of flight procedures. Fruitful achievements have been made to meet the mission'srequirements. A three-people flight crew including the first Chinese woman astronaut was selected and trained forthis manual RVD mission. The interface and control system of manual RVD were designed to accommodate thecognitive and control ability of Chinese astronauts. Psychological and medical support methods and measuresintegrated with Chinese medicine were developed to keep the health of the crew during the spaceflight. The flightprocedures in both normal state and emergency were determined as the combination of automation and humancontrol to make the best match of man-machine function allocation. The above results laid a solid foundation andprovided a theoretical guide for the successful accomplishment of Shenzhou-9 mission.
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