Phase IV of the Lunar Exploration Project
This year, the engineering development was officially launched
At 10:00 a.m. on April 24, the launching ceremony of the 2022 "China Space Day" was held online. According to the information released by the China National Space Administration, in 2022, China's spaceflight is still "busy": the Chinese space station will complete the on-orbit construction task; the fourth phase of the lunar exploration project and the major mission of asteroid exploration have officially started the development of the project, and China's space interplanetary exploration has continuously expanded its new journey. Wu Yanhua, deputy director of the China National Space Administration, said: The fourth phase of the lunar exploration project officially started the development of the project this year, and China Aerospace will adhere to the forefront of the world's aerospace development and the major strategic needs of the national space, successively launch Chang'e 6, Chang'e 7, and Chang'e 8 probes, and carry out key mission technology research and the construction of international lunar research stations. Among them, Chang'e 6 plans to sample the far side of the moon and is demonstrating the construction of a constellation of communication and navigation satellites around the moon.
Protect the planet and humanity!
The continent will begin to form a near-Earth asteroid defense system
Today is China Space Day and the 52nd anniversary of the successful launch of dongfanghong I, the mainland's first artificial earth satellite. On April 24, 1970, the mainland's first artificial satellite "Dongfanghong I" was successfully launched, and a song "Dongfanghong" resounded throughout the world, announcing that the mainland has since entered the space age.
Wu Yanhua, deputy director of the China National Space Administration, said in an exclusive interview recently that the mainland will begin to form a near-Earth asteroid defense system to jointly deal with the threat of near-Earth asteroid impacts and contribute China's strength to protecting the security of the earth and mankind.
Wu Yanhua said that we strive to implement a threatening asteroid at the end of the "14th Five-Year Plan" or in 2025 and 2026, both to carry out close observation and nearby impact, and to change its orbit for technical experiments, so as to make new contributions to China for our future to truly cope with the threat of asteroid extraterrestrial objects to the earth's homeland.
Planetary Exploration Engineering
The next step is to start the asteroid detection
Wu Yanhua, deputy director of the China National Space Administration, said in an exclusive interview with reporters recently that after the successful completion of the first Mars exploration mission of Tianwen-1, the next step of the planetary exploration project will begin the exploration of asteroids. Chinese the pace of exploring the universe will go even further.
Wu Yanhua, deputy director of the China National Space Administration: The state has approved the planetary exploration project, which includes the first Mars exploration mission of Tianwen-1, and also includes the next asteroid exploration, including such a detection mission that we return from sampling. Third, we will carry out a sample return to Mars. The fourth is the detection of Jupiter galaxies, and some detections through the universe.
Wu Yanhua said that the planetary exploration project is planned to be completed in the next 10 to 15 years. In addition, at present, the mainland is still carrying out the demonstration of medium- and long-term strategic planning, such as the exploration of the margin of the solar system. Facing deeper and farther space, multi-type launch vehicles, including heavy rockets, are also in the development stage and are expected to complete their first flights in the next few years.
Wu Yanhua, deputy director of the China National Space Administration: How big the carrying capacity is, how wide the space stage can be expanded. Heavy carrying we are a common name, in fact, refers to the low-Earth orbit capability in the 100-ton level, it includes a capacity of between 50 tons and 150 tons, it will also be a spectrum planning.
Wu Yanhua said that the heavy carrier rocket will meet the mainland's long-term deep space exploration and manned lunar landing and other major space missions in the future.
Source: Central Committee of the Communist Youth League