24 March 2022
CNSA released images with 0.5 m resolution taken by the cameras on TW-1 orbiter, showing dust storms on the surface of the planet. Track marks left by the Zhurong rover can be seen in the pictures. The orbiter is operational since 609 days. Zhurong also relayed selfies from Mars. Compared with the images taken shortly after it landed on the planet, the new photos showed a layer of dust accumulated on its surface. Chinese scientists have specially designed the rover's solar panels to offset the power generation efficiency decline caused by dust coverage.
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24 March 2022
Livestreamed by China Media Group, the SZ-13 crew gave a 41 min science lecture on 23 March at 16:00 BJT from aboard the Tiangong space station. Millions of students across China and a worldwide audience watched the taikonauts demonstrating unique physical phenomena in the orbiting spacecraft. The crew conducted 4 experiments to demonstrate physical phenomena only possible in microgravity, including liquid crystallisation and a water bridge. Hundreds of students in Beijing, Lhasa (Tibet autonomous region) and Urumqi (Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region) watched the event at "ground class venues".
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27 March 2022
On 27 March, at 15:59 BJT, Tianzhou 2 cargo craft separated from the core module of the Tiangong space station after completing all of its scheduled tasks, CMSA reported. All planned task for the TZ-2 were accomplished successfully. It is still in good condition and will later be guided for a destructive re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere by mission control at Beijing Aerospace Control Centre.
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27 March 2022
A research team from China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE), affiliated with the China National Nuclear Corporation, used neutron activation analysis and found more than 40 chemical elements in the CE-5 lunar soil samples. The discovery will serve as an important reference for the study of the formation and evolution of the Moon and will also boost the utilization of lunar resources. Space expert Yang Yuguang further elaborated that the study of Moon samples is currently focused on finding water and Helium-3.
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