2022年中考英语最新热点时文阅读-神州13
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(2022-福建龙岩.九年级期末)“Five, four, three, two, one, blast At 0:23 on October 16,2021, China launched the manned spaceship Shenzhou-13, sending three astronauts to its Tiangong space station. About 6.5 hours after the launch, the spaceship successfully docked
(对接) 神舟十三号返回时间with the Tianhe core module of the station.
The three - person team is the second crew (工作组)to have entered Tiangong. The team is led by China's first spacewalker Zhai Zhigang. The other two astronauts are Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu. They will live and work together at the station for six months. This will be China's longest-ever manned mission.
During their six-month stay, the crew will carry out a number of tasks. For example, they will do two to three spacewalks to fix equipment in preparation for future construction work. Wang Yaping, the first Chinese woman to perform spacewalk, said "Apart from the tasks, we also hope to do more space science education. This will bring space closer to the general public. As a result, they will learn more about the astronauts7 life in space.AA
Shenzhou-13 was China's last major space mission in 2021. Another six missions are planned fbr this year to finish the construction of the space station. Once its completed, Tangong will be about one-fifth the size of the Intemaional Space Station (ISS) . The ISS will reach the end of its life in 2024. Tangong is likely to be the only operational near-Earth
orbit (近地轨道)space station by then. China looks forward to hosting astronauts from other countries.
Denis Simon, at Duke Law in the US, told Xinhua that China's success in space continues to be impressive (令人赞叹的)."It is now well on is way to being a leader in space exploration.he said.
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