From "0" to "1"! To build a space power, my country's space science has achieved leapfrog development
The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to accelerate the construction of a space power.
Space activities consist of three major areas: space science, space technology and space applications.
Among them, space science mainly relies on spacecraft as the main working platform to study the natural phenomena and laws of the earth, the solar system and the entire universe. It is one of the main positions to achieve the original breakthrough from "0" to "1".
In the past ten years, from lunar exploration to Mars research, from scientific satellites to space station scientific experiments, my country's space science has achieved leapfrog development.
CCTV reporter Shuai Junquan:
The Zhongguancun Park of the National Space Science Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was once the cradle of China's first artificial satellite "Dongfanghong-1". The research institution is building a research center and innovation highland in the field of space science in China.
In such a scientific research institution that explores the vast universe, how does the research work unfold?
Exploration team finds signs of recent water activity on Mars
In the State Key Laboratory of Solar Activity and Space Weather, the lunar and planetary exploration team is discussing.
The scientific research team consists of more than 20 people. Although the average age is still relatively young, they have been deeply involved in major missions such as Chang'e-4, Chang'e-5 and Mars exploration, and have also achieved a number of major original results.
For example, through the analysis of the data of the Zhurong Mars rover and the research on the landing area of Tianwen-1, it was found that there are still signs of water activity on Mars in the past 1 billion years. Big tech news.
The space center is also one of the first scientific research units in the country to receive lunar samples. The scientific research team has made a number of original achievements in the aspects of lunar geological evolution and solar wind-generated water through the study of Chang'e-5 lunar samples.
In the lunar sample research laboratory, Liu Yang, a researcher at the National Space Science Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is conducting research and analysis on lunar samples.
The "Smile Project" SMILE satellite is under development
In addition to lunar and deep space exploration, the space center is also the overall unit of my country's space science satellites.
The dark matter particle detection satellite Wukong, the quantum science experiment satellite Mozi, and the comprehensive solar exploration satellite Kuafu-1, which has just released the first batch of images, are all led by the space center as the overall unit.
Now the scientific research team is developing a very important satellite—the solar wind-magnetospheric interaction panoramic imaging satellite. It sounds a bit of a mouthful, but it has a very nice name called "SMILE", the Smile Project.
The main purpose of the SMILE satellite is to better understand the relationship between solar activity and changes in the Earth's magnetic field. What researchers are developing is a very important payload device on the SMILE satellite-the ultraviolet aurora imager.
In this regard, Liu Xiaohong, a senior project engineer of the National Space Science Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, introduced the interpretation of the ultraviolet aurora imager.
It is understood that the SMILE satellite is planned to be launched in 2025 to provide data support for human space weather warning and forecasting services, and will also provide a new important platform for human beings to explore the vast universe and expand the boundaries of cognition.
(CCTV news client)