The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to speed up the construction of aerospace power. Space activities consist of three major fields: space science, space technology , and space applications. Among them, space science mainly relies on spacecraft as the main working platform to study natural phenomena and laws about the earth, the solar system and even the entire universe. It is one of the main positions to achieve the original breakthrough from "0" to "1". In the past ten years, from lunar exploration to Mars research, from scientific satellites to scientific experiments on space stations, my country's space science has achieved leapfrog development.
CCTV reporter Shuai Junquan: The Zhongguancun Park of the National Space Science Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was once the cradle of my country's first artificial satellite "Dongfanghong-1". It is now an overall research institution for my country's space science and satellite projects as well as lunar and deep space exploration of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It is building a research center and innovation highland in the field of space science in my country. How does research work unfold in such a scientific research institution that explores the vast universe?
The exploration team found signs of recent water activity on Mars
At the National Key Laboratory of Solar Activity and Space Weather , the lunar and planetary exploration team is having discussions. The scientific research team has a total of more than 20 people. Although the average age is still relatively young, they have been deeply involved in major missions such as Chang'e-4, Chang'e-5, and Mars exploration, and have also achieved a number of major original results. For example, through analysis of data from the Zhurong Mars rover and research on the Tianwen-1 landing area, it was found that there are still signs of water activity on Mars for nearly 1 billion years. This result was also selected as one of the top ten scientific and technological news in China in 2022 released by China Central Radio and Television. The space center is also one of the first scientific research units in the country to receive lunar samples. Through the study of Chang'e-5 lunar samples, the scientific research team has achieved a number of original results in the aspects of lunar geological evolution, solar wind water, etc.
In the laboratory for lunar sample research, Liu Yang, a researcher at the National Space Science Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is conducting research and analysis on lunar samples.
"Smile Project" SMILE satellite is under development
In addition to lunar and deep space exploration, the space center is also the overall unit of my country's space science satellites. The dark matter particle detection satellite Wukong , the quantum science experiment satellite Mozi, including the comprehensive solar exploration satellite Kuafu-1, which recently released its first batch of images, are all led by the space center as the overall unit. The scientific research team is currently developing a very important satellite - the Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Interaction Panoramic Imaging Satellite. It sounds a bit hard to pronounce, but it has a very nice name called "SMILE", Smile Project.
The SMILE satellite is mainly to better understand the relationship between solar activity and changes in the earth's magnetic field. What researchers are developing is a very important payload equipment on the SMILE satellite - the ultraviolet auroral imager.
In this regard, Liu Xiaohong, senior engineer of the project of the National Space Science Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, introduced the interpretation of the ultraviolet auroral imager. It is understood that the SMILE satellite plan will be launched in 2025 to provide data support for human space weather warning and forecasting services. It will also provide a new important platform for humans to explore the vast universe and expand the boundaries of cognition.
(Original title: From "0" to "1"! Building a powerful aerospace country, my country's space science has achieved leapfrog development)
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