Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 24 Title: Look up at the stars and feel the gravity of dreams!
"The mother who picked the stars is back!"
After 183 days away from the earth, Wang Yaping, astronaut of the Shenzhou 13 manned spacecraft, and two comrades-in-arms Zhai Zhigang and Ye Guangfu returned to their human homeland.
"I want my mother to pick a star for me" - this is the "star covenant" between Wang Yaping and his daughter before departure, two space lessons, becoming the first Chinese female astronaut to leave the cabin and staying the longest, Wang Yaping interpreted the motto of "flying dreams never lose weight" with actions, and also brought back a "star" to his daughter.
Along with the "Covenant of Stars", there is another important progress that is more eye-catching - the successful completion of the key technology verification phase of the Chinese space station, which will be transferred to the construction stage and completed on orbit this year.
The heart is beyond the firmament, and the eyes are far away. When we look up at the starry sky, we can feel the gravitational pull of the dream more deeply.
April 24, 2022 is the seventh "China Space Day", more than 50 years after the "Oriental Red" song came from space. For more than 50 years, Chinese is stepping out of the earth, into the universe, into the farthest deep space.
Poster Maker: Song Chen
Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China Aerospace has made a series of major achievements:
-- The upgrading of carrier rockets has been accelerated, and a new generation of non-toxic and non-polluting carrier rockets represented by the Long March 5, Long March 6, Long March 7 and Long March 8 has been put into use one after another.
-- Major project highlights, the construction of the Chinese space station has been fully implemented, the lunar exploration project "orbiting, falling, and returning" has been successfully concluded, Chang'e 4 has landed for the first time on the back of the moon to inspect and probe, Chang'e 5 has brought back 1731 grams of lunar soil, and Tianwen-1 has realized the leap of China's aerospace from the Earth-Moon system to interplanetary exploration.
On March 4, 2021, the China National Space Administration released a high-definition image of Mars taken by the Tianwen-1 probe, the mainland's first Mars exploration mission. Xinhua News Agency (Photo courtesy of China National Space Administration)
-- Space infrastructure has been continuously improved, the Beidou global satellite navigation system has been completed and opened, and the high-resolution Earth observation system has formed a system capability. There are more than 500 satellites in orbit, playing an important role in the construction of safe China, beautiful China and digital China.
-- Space science exploration and experimental research have achieved a number of original achievements, and satellites such as "Huiyan", "Wukong", "Zhang Heng No. 1", "Tianqin No. 1", "Taiji No. 1" and "Xihe" have provided new means of scientific research.
International cooperation has achieved remarkable results, implementing the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, signing about 50 new cooperation agreements or memorandums of understanding, launching the International Lunar Research Station program, supporting the space capacity building of developing countries, and sharing the achievements of China's space development.
This is the Yutu-2 rover panoramic camera imaging the Chang'e-4 lander. Xinhua News Agency (Photo courtesy of China National Space Administration)
On the occasion of this year's "China Space Day", the China National Space Administration has brought more exciting plans: in the next five years, China Aerospace will adhere to the forefront of the world's space development and the major strategic needs of national spaceflight.
First, the fourth phase of the lunar exploration project will be implemented, the Chang'e-6 and Chang'e-7 probes will be launched, the key technologies of the Chang'e-8 mission will be completed, and the construction of the International Lunar Research Station will be jointly carried out; second, the planetary exploration project will launch asteroid detectors, complete the sampling of near-Earth asteroids and the exploration of main belt comets, and complete key technical research such as Mars sample return and Jupiter detection; the third is to promote the development of heavy carrier rockets and develop and launch a new generation of manned carrier rockets; the fourth is to build a near-Earth asteroid impact risk response system. Improve the capacity of the spatial environment governance system.
"China's aerospace blueprint has been drawn, the wind is full, and it has embarked on a new journey again." Zhang Kejian, director of the China National Space Administration, said that the China National Space Administration will uphold the purpose of equality, mutual benefit, peaceful use and inclusive development, adhere to the concept of "harmony" of peace and cooperation, make greater contributions to exploring the mysteries of the universe, improving people's livelihood and well-being, and serving the progress of human civilization, and work together to build a community with a shared future for mankind in the field of outer space.
Producer: Hu Qinghai
Coordinator: Chen Fang, Liu Xinhui
Reporters: Hu Zhe, Song Chen
Produced by Starry Sky Studios
Source: Xinhua Net