Shenzhou 10 and the space race

The fact that China launched the Shenzhou 10 ship attracted the attention of the world, because it is one of the first applied flights of the space-and-space transport system that the country performs.

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The Shenzhou 10 spacecraft will operate for 15 days - the longest time ever for Chinese space missions, this is also the first time an 8X-generation astronaut has flown into the air.

The arrival of the General Secretary and State President, Central Military Commission President Xi Jinping at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert (founded October 20, 1958), and watched the moment The Shenzhou 10 spacecraft left the launch pad showing how the world's most populous national leader is interested in this field. This happened at a time when China celebrated a decade of building a space program, thus attracting the attention of public opinion and experts.

To carry out the mission of bringing the manned spacecraft for the 5th time to the air, at 17h38 on June 11 at local time, at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu Province, China launched a spacecraft. Than Chau 10 with Truong Chinh rocket carries three astronauts, including Hai Phong Hai, Truong Hieu Quang and Vuong A Binh.

After flying into space, the Than Chau 10 spacecraft will pair with the Thien Cung 1 module, and perform the assigned tasks, such as automatic one-time connection and a manual control by astronauts. times with Thien Cung 1 module, implementing medical and technical experiments.

According to Mr. Chu Kien Binh, general engineer of China's manned space program, the transport system between the universe and the ground, including the Shenzhou spacecraft and Truong Chinh 2F rocket is the system that can Take astronauts and supplies between the universe and the ground, and vice versa. Currently in the world, in addition to Russia's combined spacecraft, China has reached that level.

General Secretary and State President, Central Military Commission President Xi Jinping went to see off three astronauts flying on the Shenzhou 10 spacecraft. (Photo: Xinhua News Agency)

Because he once flew on Than Chau 6 in 2008, Mr. Hai Hai, 48, was appointed as the captain, who was the one who manually linked with Thien Cung 1 module.

Although he was a senior pilot in the air force, and was chosen to become an astronaut since 1998, this was the first flight into Truong Hieu Quang's universe, 47 years old. Truong Hieu Quang's mission is to be the assistant to Captain Hai Hai, in charge of coordinating the task of pairing and being a videographer working on a space lecture.

Thien Cung 1 functions as a prototype for a huge space station that China plans to build in 2020. To bring the first female 8X generation astronaut born in Son Dong province to dance. cylindrical, right from 2010, Vuong A Binh was determined and is the second female astronaut of China to fly into space. The first Chinese astronaut Liu Yang flew into orbit in June 2012 on the Shenzhou spacecraft 9.

Reportedly, Vuong A Binh spent 1,600 hours flying and performed the task of dispelling the clouds for the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. This time the task of the female astronaut Vuong A Binh on the Than Chau spacecraft 10 is supervising ships, space labs, manipulating machines, taking care of crew life and giving lectures to students from the universe.

According to the media, Shenzhou 10 spacecraft has 4 main tasks. First, it provides two-way people and materials for the Thien Cung 1 module, continuing to survey the coupling technique and the features of the two-way transport system. Secondly, survey the ability of astronauts to ensure living, work and health. Thirdly, Than Chau 10 is responsible for studying adaptability in the cosmic environment and manipulation efficiency of astronauts working in the universe, expanding space science experiments and repairing on orbit. Fourth, the spacecraft inspects the functions and features of coordination among the systems in the implementation of flight tasks of the system of works.

Experts say that the mission of Shenzhou 10 is to help China concretize its ambition to build a separate space station in the near future. After the launch of Shenzhou 10, China will mark a turning point for the manned space program.

Accordingly, Thien Cung 2 will be built (weighing about 60 tons, smaller than NASA's Skylab space laboratory built in the 1970s and about 1/6 of the size of the current International Space Station by 16 National construction world) - a permanent station has three modules. From Shenzhou 10, Chinese space flights will have a regular shuttle mission for the crew working at the space station.

The media reported that the total cost for the Shenzhou project was $ 2.3 billion. Giai Hai Thang space suit, when flying on Than Chau 6 spacecraft (built in early 2004) weighs about 10kg. To wear a space suit takes about 150 seconds.

Each day the astronauts eat three meals, each with 5-6 dishes and the food is divided into two categories are starch and food. All are packed into small packages that are convenient for heating. Dessert includes instant coffee, banana, peach, yellow melon, strawberry .

While astronaut Duong Loi Vy, the first Chinese to fly into space, only eat about 30 dishes and no food tools, he can use spoon, fork and fork to get food easily. easy. Nhien Hai Thang has conducted a number of scientific experiments with the real participation of people on orbit, which is based on more than 110 progresses gained from the flight of Shenzhou 5.

Shenzhou 10 left the launch pad at 17h38 on June 11.(Photo: Xinhua News Agency)

Experts say that Shenzhou was designed based on the Soyuz spacecraft model consisting of three Russian compartments. Shenzhou 1 (unmanned) was launched on November 20, 1999. The Shenzhou 5 (manned) was launched on October 15, 2003 and after 21 hours 23 minutes on orbit it returned to safe earth .

On September 25, 2008, entering the history of China's aerospace industry, after Shenzhou 7 and three astronauts flew into orbit, Zhuo Zhigang completed the task of walking more than 20 spaces. minutes, then return to earth safely.

On June 16, 2012, China successfully launched Shenzhou 9. About 13:00 on June 24, 2012, the Than Chau 9 spacecraft was manually paired with Thien Cung 1 space lab. This is the first time. Chinese fairies succeeded in connecting a spacecraft to a space module without using an automated system.

According to experts, this is an important step in building China's own solid space station. Russia and the United States have mastered manual pairing since the 1960s and China is the third country in the world to do this.