21 June 2021
This week, Blaine Curcio and Jean Deville cover in bigger detail the Shenzhou 12 launch to the Tianhe core module of the prospective Chinese Space Station. They explain the technicalities of the crew space craft, the rocket and about the ingress process as well as the first moments of the taikonauts on board the Tianhe module. They then explain in good detail the ILRS (International Lunar Research Station) initiated by CNSA and Roscosmos and analyse the implications of that project.
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21 June 2021
Yuanwang 6 space-tracking ship returned to its homeport on 21 June after completing its telemetry, tracking and command (TT&C) tasks for the Tianzhou 2 cargo spacecraft and Shenzhou 12 manned spaceship missions. Yuanwang 6, China's 3rd-generation space-tracking ship, was at sea for 29 days, sailing more than 5,000 nautical miles for the two missions.
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21 June 2021
While watching the live broadcast of the taikonauts entering the station, Zheng Rong, a professor at Donghua University in Shanghai, had her eye on the crew's footwear. She was the chief designer of the space shoes worn by the taikonauts. Knitted with special textiles and thermoplastic materials, the blue-and-black shoes are breathable, extremely elastic and resist static electricity.
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22 June 2021
Events explaining China's aerospace development, including an exhibition of lunar soil brought back by the Chang'e 5 lunar probe from its epic trip last December, are expected to be put on show in Hong Kong this week. The event is expected to spur Hong Kong researchers to become involved in the country's scientific advance, local university professors told the Global Times on 21 June.
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