On the week of 16th October 2022CNSA –China National Space Administration China’s Tiangong China Space Station 神舟十四号Shenzhou 14 Takionaut crew of Month 16TH October 2022 the Crew刘洋 LiuYang陈冬 ChenDong蔡旭哲 CaiXuhe …. The furthest audience, Takionauts watch 20th Session of the CPC National Congress on the China space station At 10:00 Morning Hong Kong SAR Beijing Time on October 16, 2022, the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China opened. General Secretary Xi Jinping, on behalf of the 19th Central Committee, told the conference make a report. The Shenzhou 14 astronaut crew watched the grand opening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China at the Chinese Space Station. Under the leadership of the party and the country, China’s manned spaceflight will not forget its original intention, keep its mission in mind, and make unremitting efforts to build a strong country in science and technology and achieve high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance! Hello Twenty……
In which during that week celebrating the CPC 20th National Congress…… A set of milestone figures look at the development of China- People’s Republic of China’s aerospace Space exploration industry in ten years 400 kilometers is the distance from the earth to the low-Earth orbit in space. In 10 years, 11 astronauts entered space; 380,000 kilometers is the distance from the earth to the moon, in 10 years , the lunar exploration project has successfully completed the three-step strategy of “circling, falling, and returning”; 400 million kilometers is the distance from the earth to Mars, and the “Zhurong” rover has travelled nearly 2,000 meters… This set of figures records China The journey of spaceflight ……
On September 16, 2022, the first seminar on scientific research achievements of Mars exploration missions was held in Beijing in a combination of online and offline methods, aiming to strengthen the exchange of scientific research results of Tianwen-1.
Figure 1. Landform map of impact craters, concave cones, grooves and ridges in the Zhurong landing area
天问一号飞運騎遊達达3亿CNSA – China National Space Administration – ESA – European Space agency Belt and road initiative mars mission…first Mars exploration mission, Tianwen- Martian Probe OneAs of September 15, 2022, the Tianwen-1 orbiter has been in orbit for more than 780 days, and the rover has travelled a total of 1,921 meters, completed the established scientific exploration tasks, and obtained 1,480 GB of original scientific exploration data. The scientific research team has obtained rich scientific results through the research on the first-hand scientific data obtained independently by my country. Through a comprehensive study of typical landforms such as concave cones, barrier craters, and trenches distributed in the landing area, the important connection between the formation of the above-mentioned landforms and water activities has been revealed.
Fig. 2 Schematic diagram of the plate-like hard-shell rock rich in water-bearing minerals found in the landing area by Zhurong and its formation process under the action of groundwater
Through camera images and spectral data, hydrous minerals were found in plate-like hard-shell rocks near the landing area, proving that there has been a large amount of liquid water activity in the landing area since 1 billion years ago (late Amazonian period).
Combined with camera images and rover moving ruts and other information, it is found that the soil in the landing area has strong compressive strength and low friction parameters, which are related to water activity and experience sand erosion.
Fig. 4 Analysis results of Martian soil mechanical parameters in the landing area of Zhurong
These new results reveal the impact of Martian sandstorm and water activities on geological evolution and environmental changes, provide strong support for the conjecture that there was an ocean in the Martian Utopian Plain, and enrich human scientific understanding of Martian geological evolution and environmental changes. The relevant results have been published in authoritative academic journals at home and abroad such as “Nature Astronomy”, “Nature Geoscience”, “Science Advances”, “Science of China” and so on.
In addition, the scientific research team also used the detection data of Tianwen-1 to obtain a batch of data on the relationship between the density of rocks on the surface of Mars and the degree of surface erosion, the distribution of ions and neutral particles in the near-fire space environment, and the gravitational field of Mars. Excellent scientific results.
At present, the Tianwen-1 orbiter continues to carry out scientific exploration in the orbit of the remote sensing mission, continues to accumulate first-hand scientific data, and makes China’s contribution to mankind’s in-depth understanding of Mars.
CNSA –China National Space Administration ….. Returning to the Television and media Screens on Youku Documentary Variety is Searching for the night returner the latest preview of the third season of “The Night Returning” is coming. Bao Shuo, the chief dispatcher of the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center, is about to show her night return story. In order to say “Beijing understands”, she repeatedly practiced a calm voice and more the ability to parallelize tasks, work hard to exercise, and hope to better stick to the post. One person’s experience condenses the efforts of generations of predecessors. Let’s witness her space dream together
Sampling of the lunar surface! 在380,000km外拍娃是一种的感觉 Controlling Chang’e-5 from the earth to “dig soil” on the moon, how difficult is this process? Bao Shuo, dispatcher of the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center, described it as like catching a doll 380,000 kilometers away, with an accuracy of 1 millimeter.
北京明白””Beijing understands”
Beijing understands that there are hundreds of people behind it In the live broadcast of China’s aerospace launch, the “Beijing understands” that the Beijing Flight Control Center received a report and answered was impressive. In fact, behind every “Beijing understands”, there are hundreds of “understands”. Behind every sentence “understood”, it is the space workers who ensure that every plan and every instruction is in place. Chinese Space engineers and Takionauts 24 hours guarding the home of space, paying tribute to China Aerospace- space Industry..
Bao Shuo, a “post-90s” girl, is the first female dispatcher at the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center. From “Chang’e 5” to “Tianwen No. 1”, the excellent completion of the mission has made many people remember this young but calm face. Bao Shuo said that every time She said the words “Beijing understands”, there was an extremely difficult responsibility behind it. #searching for Yeguiren… In the third season, see how the Beijing general dispatcher who ordered “Bafang” was made? I didn’t expect the working with of Takionauts to be like this. Bao Shuo, the first female dispatcher of the Beijing Center, said: “We are more like a big housekeeper, guarding our spacecraft and Takionauts on the ground.” The spacecraft is regarded as a child, and she refuses to rest until he sees a safe landing. It can be seen that the astronauts have a very deep affection for the spacecraft. I look forward to the launch of the program at 10:00 tomorrow morning….. on Youku and People’s Daily..
天问一号飞運騎遊達达3亿CNSA – China National Space Administration – ESA – European Space agency Belt and road initiative mars mission…first Mars exploration mission, Tianwen- Martian Probe One on 23rd July 2022 On the second anniversary of the launch of Tianwen-1, high-definition images of Phobos were sent back
Phobos (Forbes) is one of the two natural satellites of Mars, with a size of about 27 kilometers × 22 kilometers × 18 kilometers. It runs in a near circular orbit at an altitude of about 6,000 kilometers from the surface of Mars, and orbits Mars every day. about 3 turns. The orbiter runs on a polar elliptical orbit with an altitude of about 220 kilometers near the fire point and an altitude of about 10,800 kilometers at the far fire point with a period of about 7 hours. Due to the orbital relationship between Phobos and the orbiter, as well as the lighting requirements during imaging, the operation team made precise calculations and precise control, and obtained a clear image with a resolution of about 50 meters when the two were about 5,100 kilometers apart.
The image shows that Phobos is a small celestial body with irregular shape, in the shape of a potato. The stripes on the surface can be seen in the upper left of the picture, which may be formed by the impact of the impact process. There is an obvious impact crater in the upper right of the picture, with a diameter of about 2 kilometer, named Öpik crater (Upik was an Estonian astronomer, known for his research on asteroids and meteorites).
Another satellite of Mars is Deimos (Deimos), with an average radius of only about 6.2 kilometers. The two satellites are named after the two sons of Ares, the god of war in ancient Greek mythology. The Greeks used to call Mars by Ares. Both moons are small irregular objects that many scientists believe were captured by Mars’ gravity into Mars’ orbit, but their origins remain controversial.
Image: National Astronomical Observatory…
Images and visuals are from CNSA- China National Space Administration also from there respectives- CLEP –China Lunar Exploration Project..
The Tianwen-1 mission was approved by the Party Central Committee in January 2016, and was successfully launched on July 23, 2020. After a deep space flight of 475 million kilometers for 202 days, the probe will rendezvous with Mars on February 10, 2021, and successfully implemented the capture and braking to enter the orbit around Mars. After 3 months of detailed inspection of the pre-selected landing area, the Mars landing was successfully carried out on May 15, 2021. On May 22, the “Zhurong” rover successfully landed on the surface of Mars and began to patrol and explore.
On August 15, 2021, the “Zhurong” rover successfully completed the 90 Martian scientific exploration missions, and continued to carry out extended exploration missions. It has traveled 1,921.5 meters on the surface of Mars. Affected by the severe winter cold and dusty weather in the landing area, the rover will enter the winter dormancy mode on May 18, 2022 as designed. Around December 2022, the “Zhurong” landing area will enter the early spring season. will resume normal work.
The orbiter has circled Mars 1,344 times, achieving global coverage and is currently in normal condition. In the follow-up, it will continue to carry out global remote sensing detection, and choose an opportunity to carry out expansion technology experiments to carry out preliminary technical verification for related tasks.
After nearly two years of flight and exploration for the Tianwen-1 mission, the 13 scientific payloads deployed by the rover and orbiter have obtained a total of about 1040GB of raw scientific data. After receiving and processing on the ground, the standard scientific data products formed are submitted to the rover on a monthly basis. A team of scientists has conducted analysis and interpretation, and relevant scientific results have been published in well-known academic journals at home and abroad. These scientific data will be open to scientists around the world at an appropriate time. Scientists around the world are welcome to actively apply for research and jointly promote the cause of human exploration of the universe.
In the spirit of open and shared cooperation, the National Space Administration actively promotes cooperation with the space agencies and scientific communities of various countries, and shares the orbital data of its Mars orbiter with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) to carry out collision warning. Cooperation; the “Zhurong” Mars rover and the European Space Agency’s “Mars Express” orbiter carry out data relay communication experiments to realize China-Europe Mars scientific data relay cooperation; Observatory stations in other countries use the Tianwen-1 orbiter and the “Mars Express” orbiter to jointly carry out occultation observations of the sun and conduct scientific research such as solar wind. These cooperation have achieved good results, enriched human knowledge, and made positive contributions to the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind in the scientific field.
Below is a recent image of Mars taken by Tianwen-1.
Figure 1 The image of Mount Askela taken by the center camera, with a diameter of 456 kilometers and a height of 18 kilometers , shows the characteristics of the crater on the top of Mount Askela, and there are multiple crater collapse events.
Figure 2 An image of the Antarctic ice sheet taken by the center camera. The image shows the polar cap of the Martian South Pole. The study believes that the long-term and permanent polar cap of the Martian poles is mainly composed of dry ice (solid carbon dioxide) and water ice.
Figure 3 The central point camera captures the western landform image of the Sailor Grand Canyon. The Sailor Grand Canyon extends over 4,000 kilometers from east to west, 150 kilometers to 700 kilometers from north to south , and the deepest can reach 7 kilometers .
Figure 4. The image of the Arabian Highlands impact crater taken by the camera in the middle point. The image shows the geomorphological features of dozens of impact craters distributed in the area.
Figure 5 The image of the edge of the Mond ring crater captured by a high-resolution camera with a spatial resolution of about 0.5 meters and a diameter of about 91 kilometers . The image shows the geomorphological features of the edge of the Mond ring crater. The lower left part of the picture is the inside of the ring crater. The edge of the pit can be seen clearly collapsing into the pit.
Figure 6 The image of the inspection area taken by Zhurong. The image was taken before the rover entered the winter dormancy state, showing the local characteristics of a dune landform in the inspection area.
Images and visuals are from CNSA- China National Space Administration also from there respectives- CLEP –China Lunar Exploration Project..
