China News Service, June 17th. On the morning of the 17th, China's Shenzhou 12 manned spacecraft was successfully launched at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Three astronauts flew to the sky and core compartment of the Chinese space station. Many mainstream media around the world reported for the first time Related news.

Many foreign media believe that this move "will usher in the era of China's space station," and China has taken another important step in its space program.

Space experts also emphasized that China’s progress is “unbelievable” and it has already been at the forefront and center of space exploration.

The picture shows the launch of the Long March 2 F-Yao-12 carrier rocket.

Photo by Wang Jiangbo issued by China News Agency

One step closer!

China "Enters the Space Station Era"

  At around 9 a.m. on the 17th, the Long March 2 F Yao 12 carrier rocket carrying the Shenzhou 12 manned spacecraft was ignited and launched. The three astronauts Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming, and Tang Hongbo were successfully launched into space. The launch was a complete success.

The world’s mainstream media such as Agence France-Presse, Reuters, Associated Press, and the British Broadcasting Corporation first reported on it.

  The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) stated that China launched the Shenzhou 12 manned spacecraft on the 17th and three astronauts were sent to the Tiangong space station. This will be the first batch of permanent space stations under construction by China. Guest".

  Agence France-Presse also mentioned that the first group of astronauts in the construction phase of the Chinese space station took off on a manned spacecraft, and the three astronauts will live in space for three months.

This is China's first manned mission in the past five years and the longest manned mission so far.

  CNN further stated that China's Shenzhou 12 manned spacecraft successfully sent three astronauts into space, bringing China one step closer to operating a new space station.

  According to Reuters analysis, China's Shenzhou 12 manned spacecraft will fly into space with three astronauts, which will usher in the era of China's space station.

According to the media, after nearly 30 years, China has made the leap from entering space to building a space station, and will build a national space laboratory in 2022.

  Reuters also quoted Chinese sources as saying that since the establishment of the project on September 21, 1992, China has successively launched 11 Shenzhou spacecraft, Tiangong-1 target aircraft, Tiangong-2 space laboratory, Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft, and space station Tianhe. The core module, the Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft... China's manned spaceflight industry has overcome various key technologies of manned spaceflight one by one, and finally entered the space station era.

The picture shows the flight simulation of the Shenzhou XII spacecraft.

Photo courtesy of the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

  Singapore’s “Lianhe Zaobao” quoted Ji Qiming, assistant to the director of China’s Manned Space Engineering Office, as saying that the Shenzhou 12 flight is the first manned flight of the space station stage. The link between the previous and the next is critical and will lay a solid foundation for the subsequent construction and application of the space station. , Accumulate valuable experience.

  The BBC also reported that the "Tiangong" space station has been described in China as a "national space laboratory and space homeport."

Although this space station is smaller than the International Space Station, China hopes that this new 66-ton modular space station can operate for ten years or more.

  The Associated Press also quoted Chinese astronaut Nie Haisheng as saying, “We have to arrange the core capsule of the space station, the space home, and carry out a series of key technology verification experiments. The task is very arduous and there are many challenges.

In the early morning of June 17, 2021, Beijing time, the expedition ceremony for the crew of the Shenzhou 12 manned mission astronauts was held at Wentian Pavilion Square at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

Photo by Guo Chaokai

"Unbelievable"?

China is at the forefront of space exploration

  In addition, China's successful launch of the Shenzhou 12 manned spacecraft has also made foreign media pay more attention to China's remarkable progress and grand vision in space exploration over the years.

  The Associated Press stated that China has sent 11 astronauts into space since 2003 and has sent orbiters and rover to the moon and Mars.

The launch of the Shenzhou 12 manned spacecraft is the first manned space mission in five years. This is an increasingly ambitious space program.

  Agence France-Presse also pointed out that the success of this manned space mission is a "milestone step for China to become a space power."

The US axios news website believes that this marks another important step for China in its space program.

  NASA Space Flight News also paid attention to the successful launch of the first manned mission of China's new space station.

According to the media, this is another step in China's plan to become a space power.

So far, every Shenzhou manned mission is a new milestone in China's manned space flight.

The picture shows the simulation of the "Zhurong" Mars rover.

Photo courtesy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Group Fifth Institute issued by China News Service

  CNN reported that China’s space program has developed rapidly in the past decade.

The Russian satellite network issued a statement saying that China is moving fast on the road of space exploration.

China successfully sent 11 astronauts into space, including two women.

China's first Mars rover has landed on Mars, and the construction of a real space station is also in full swing.

  The BBC pointed out that although it started late in space exploration, China has continued to increase its investment in space.

  In terms of lunar exploration, in January 2019, China's Chang'e-4 probe successfully landed on the back of the moon, becoming the first country to land a probe on the back of the moon to the earth.

In May 2021, the Tianwen-1 Mars probe successfully landed on Mars and successfully released the Mars rover Zhurong, becoming the second country in the world to successfully send a probe to Mars after the United States.

  In an interview with Al Jazeera, space expert Jody Horner of the University of Southern Queensland in Australia said that the progress made by China's space program is really "unbelievable."

In his view, in the past 12 months, China has been at the forefront and center of space exploration.

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