Dear MEL Topic Readers,
China's spacecraft crew steps into space station
The Tiangong space station is China’s space station in low Earth orbit about 400 km above the surface. The first core module was launched in April this year and two uncrewed and two crewed spacecraft have carried materials, supplies, and crewmembers so far. The space station will have three modules next year and will add three more in the future. The core cabin module provides life support and living quarters for three members, as well as guidance, navigation, and other control functions for the station. Now, the second crewed spacecraft successfully carried three crew members who are going to stay in the space station for six months, the longest in China’s space program. Besides scientific experiments, their assignments include spacewalks, manual robotic arms control, and testing support instruments for crewmembers’ life. One of the crewmembers is a Senior Colonel who is a mother of a five-year-old daughter. She will be the first Chinese woman to conduct a spacewalk. They will also deliver educational lectures to Chinese students from space. As NASA proved, space science and technologies help stimulate scientific and adventurous minds in people and companies. Though we have more urgent and serious problems on the land and the seas, there is so much that space experiments can create and deliver for the future.
Enjoy reading the article and imagine what young Chinese students will think about and learn from their nation’s proud space programs.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202110/16/WS616a4098a310cdd39bc6f560.html
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