太空探索工程 卫星发射 剪报评论

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中俄太空衣 設計十分接近          2008年9月11日
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【明報專訊】在技術和工藝上負責「神舟七號」太空衣的，是北京衛星製造廠總工藝師趙長喜，他表示，「神七」準備了兩套太空衣，一套是俄羅斯「海英號」太空衣，另一套是中國自主研製的「飛天號」太空衣，經過嚴格比較，中國製的太空衣終於出線。

趙長喜表示，中國的太空衣和俄羅斯的太空衣，設計十分接近，主要區別是，飛天號是中國自主研製的，屏幕等各方面按照中國的模式來做，俄羅斯的太空衣包括控制系統是完全進口的一套東西。

美國近年也計劃花7年時間，研發新型太空衣「BioSuit」(生物套裝)。這種太空衣由PU彈性纖維與尼龍層層緊覆造成，緊身設計，太空人將可拋開現在的厚重服裝，更靈活地行動。

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（法新社華盛頓十一日電） 美國國家航空暨太空總署（NASA）昨天順利完成火箭「戰神一號」設計程序的最後步驟，讓下階段的載人太空飛行邁進一大步。戰神一號預計在二零一五年升空，並在二零二零年再將美國人送上月球。

　　戰神一號將運送獵戶星座號人員探索載具與小型貨艙到國際太空站。獵戶星座號可搭載四到六人。

　　戰神一號是NASA星座計畫的一部分，它將汰換我們熟悉的太空梭，並在未來數十年進一步探索月球及更遙遠的宇宙。

　　這次設計檢驗旨在評估火箭所有零件、載具與支援系統是否達到NASA要求的統合協調運作，這是美國載人火箭三十五餘年來首度順利完成類似的檢驗。

　　華盛頓太空系統任務理事會助理行政官吉爾布萊奇說：完成這項程序「讓我們在擘建美國新式太空運輸工具上，又邁進一步。」

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人民网北京９月１６日电　（记者廖文根、余建斌）中国载人航天工程新闻发言人１６日透露，我国自主研制的舱外航天服，经过专家严格评审，各项技术指标完全满足神舟七号飞行任务需要。

　　这位发言人透露说，舱外航天服每套总重量约１２０公斤，造价３０００万元人民币左右。

　　他介绍，舱外航天服可为航天员出舱活动提供适当的大气压力、足够的氧气、适宜的温湿度，以保障航天员的生命活动需要；航天服具有足够的强度，防止辐射、微流星和空间碎片对航天员的伤害，保证航天员的工作能力；航天服还能提供可靠工效保障及遥测通信保障等。

　　目前，航天服已经在酒泉卫星发射中心打包装入神舟七号飞船。

kl90

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
Astronauts Set for Countdown Rehearsal

Sept. 20, 2008
On Sunday, the Atlantis astronauts are set to fly from their home base at Johnson Space Center in Houston to Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where they will participate in the STS-125 Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test next week. The training activities and countdown rehearsal will run from Sept. 22 through 24.


Image above: With a rainbow serving as a backdrop in the sky, space shuttle Atlantis (foreground) sits on Launch Pad A and Endeavour on Launch Pad B. This is the first time since July 2001 that two shuttles are on the launch pads at the same time at the center. Image credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller


The seven astronauts and ground crews will participate in various simulated countdown activities, including equipment familiarization and emergency training for the fifth and final shuttle flight to service NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.

The Hubble payload moves to the pad this weekend and will be put into Atlantis' cargo bay on Tuesday.

In the early morning hours Friday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour successfully completed its slow 4.2-mile trek from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B. The journey took less than 8 hours, and the shuttle was securely fastened to the pad just before sunrise.

Just a short distance away on pad 39A, technicians continue to prepare space shuttle Atlantis for its targeted Oct. 10 at 12:43 a.m. EDT launch on mission STS-125 to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Endeavour will be on standby in the unlikely event that a rescue mission for the Atlantis's crew would be necessary. After Endeavour is cleared from its duty as a rescue vehicle, workers will move it to pad 39A in preparation for liftoff on mission STS-126 to the International Space Station in November.

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Incredible, rare shots of twin shuttles







These are the pictures that FLORIDA TODAY photographer Michael R. Brown captured this morning of Endeavour and Atlantis on the two shuttle launch pads at Kennedy Space Center.

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Rescue try a risky endeavor

Shuttle Endeavour is being readied for a daring mission to save a Hubble Space Telescope repair crew, but NASA records show conditions aboard the rescue ship could be deadly and 11 astronauts might not survive an emergency bailout.

Bound to captivate a worldwide audience if launched, the unprecedented mission would blast off only if shuttle Atlantis is critically damaged next month during NASA's fifth and final Hubble servicing flight.

Seven astronauts would shut down all but essential shuttle systems to save life-sustaining electrical power. Operating in survival mode, the six-man, one-woman crew would ride it out in a cold, dark spaceship, awaiting four rescuers flying aboard Endeavour.

The race would be against this clock: All electrical power and oxygen supplies on the crippled craft would be exhausted within 20 to 25 days.

There would be practically no time to figure out what doomed Atlantis to a remote-control dive into a watery grave in the Pacific Ocean. Endeavour would fly within a week even though its astronauts might face a similar fate.

"Rather than leave a crew to die in orbit, we would take the risk," NASA Administrator Mike Griffin said.

Internal NASA documents -- some obtained through the Freedom of Information Act -- indicate the inherent hazard would not be trivial.

NASA's own safety experts have questioned whether the combined crew of 11 could safely bail out of Endeavour in an atmospheric re-entry emergency.

"Bailout for a crew of 11 is feasible," one document says. But special studies were required to make certain the shuttle's 8.75-foot telescoping escape pole could "slingshot" 11 astronauts without breaking.

Without the pole, an astronaut exiting the orbiter's side hatch likely would be killed slamming into the shuttle's left wing or tail.

Safety experts also doubted all 11 would have adequate time to bail out of an overcrowded shuttle that normally accommodates just seven crewmembers.

Questions still linger about the heat load that would build up within the spaceship with so many astronauts onboard. Temperatures would soar into the high 80s.

Dangerous concentrations of carbon dioxide could build up, and safety experts raised concerns about limited oxygen supplies and whether enough breathing air would be available to keep the astronauts alive.

"There are a couple of concerns, but we've dealt with them," NASA Lead Flight Director Paul Dye said.

Extra oxygen supplies would be launched aboard Endeavour and the cabin atmosphere would be closely monitored by flight surgeons at Mission Control.

"We've shown that it's doable, but it's not going to be 72 degrees and blue skies," Dye said. "It's going to be more like a Houston environment. We always say that living in Houston is good acclimation for that kind of thing."

The actual "rescue" part of a rescue mission would be highly achievable, according to a NASA flight plan obtained through the FOIA.

Endeavour commander Dom Gorie and pilot Gregory "Box" Johnson would rendezvous with Atlantis the day after launch, flying within 32 feet of the damaged orbiter.

Mission specialists Robert Behnken and Michael Foreman would use Endeavour's 50-foot robot arm to latch onto a grapple fixture on an inspection boom mounted to the starboard sill of Atlantis' cargo bay.

The arm then would serve as a bridge between the spacecraft. Three spacewalks would take place over two days to transfer the Atlantis astronauts to Endeavour.

Atlantis commander Scott Altman, pilot Gregory "Ray J" Johnson and mission specialist Megan McArthur -- Behnken's newlywed wife -- would be brought over to the rescue ship one at a time.

Their escorts: spacewalking crewmates John Grunsfeld, Andrew Feustal, Michael Massimino and Michael Good.

With all 11 astronauts safely on Endeavour, Atlantis would be released and Mission Control would guide the priceless spaceship on an atmospheric re-entry and plunge into a remote area of the Pacific.

NASA would move quickly to dispose of the orbiter before it lost electrical power and no longer could be operated by remote control.

"You don't want an uncontrolled entry from a dead vehicle, so we'll get rid of it as fast as we can," Dye said.

Endeavour would be inspected for damage on Flight Day 5. The cabin would be stowed the next day while Mission Control examined inspection data.

Standard flight control checkouts and thruster tests would be done on Flight Day 7. Then with four on the flight deck and seven cramped into the shuttle's middeck, the astronauts would return to Earth the next day.

"To be very honest with you, this is a pretty straightforward mission. There is no single part of this that is outside our envelope of experience," Dye said.

"I think that the atmosphere surrounding us -- getting the vehicle off the pad when we need to get going, making sure that we do it safely and that we don't cut any corners -- that will be tense," he said.

The statistical probability a rescue mission will be needed is low: 1 in 400. NASA nonetheless is aggressively pressing ahead just as if the flight absolutely will be launched.

"You kind of have to have that mindset. And so literally, we will have the flight control team trained, the crew trained, the vehicle ready to go, the countdown ready to go, and we'll just hold at that point," Dye said.

"If it came to pass, it would be highly dramatic," Griffin added. "But I have no doubt we could pull it off."

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Senate panel passes Soyuz measure

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee today approved a NASA bill crucial to granting Americans access to the International Space Center after the space shuttles are retired in two years.

The committee passed the bill on a voice vote, with no opposition. The measure now goes before the full Senate. Its prospects there, however, are cloudy.

Lawmakers must hammer out details of a massive financial rescue plan, a stop-gap budget proposal and numerous other weighty issues before they adjourn by the end of this week.

The bill passed today by the Senate panel would let NASA astronauts catch a ride to the $100 billion station on the Russian Soyuz capsule.

The measure would grant NASA a waiver from a nonproliferation law that forbids the United States from buying Russian services until that nation stops exporting nuclear arms to Iran and other nations considered hostile by the U.S. government.

The bill must pass by unanimous consent. That means opposition by even one member could kill the measure.

Sen. Bill Nelson, the Orlando Democrat pushing the bill, said "we've got a couple in the Senate that we have to worry about so we'll just see."

NASA currently is exempted from the law, but its waiver expires in 2011. The agency needs to pass an extension this year to give Russia enough time to build a Russian Soyuz vehicle.

Rep. Dave Weldon, an Indialantic Republican, has strongly opposed renewal of the exemption, expressing concern over icy U.S.-Russian relations.

So far, however, he acknowledged he hasn't been able to convince others to join his opposition.

However, on Tuesday, Weldon said he learned that House members "are getting pushback" on the issue.

"There's some discussion of doing a two-year waiver of the extension and extending shuttle operations," he said, but he acknowledged: "This is in the discussion phase, so stay tuned."
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Ike Cost Atlantis Crew Key Training Time

Training time lost because of Hurricane Ike will make it difficult for Atlantis astronauts to be ready for an Oct. 10 launch date, crew members said this morning during a briefing with reporters at launch pad 39A.

"We did miss seven days of training," said Commander Scott Altman. "It's hard to slice that out and still stay on track."

"In the end," Altman added, "I think we're going to try to do most of our training, and that of course may mean a bit of a slip. But it's being evaluated, and we're kind of standing by."

The seven-person crew is at Kennedy Space Center preparing for the fifth and final mission to service Hubble Space Telescope.

Wearing blue flight suits and sunglasses, Altman was joined by Pilot Greg Johnson and mission specialists Andrew Feustel, Michael Good, John Grunsfeld, Mike Massimino and Megan McArthur.

Altman led the last mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope, which Grunsfeld and Massimino have also visited previously. The other four crew members are making their first shuttle flights.

The training time lost when Johnson Space Center closed for more than a week earlier this month included four spacewalk simulations in a giant swimming pool. Two of them practiced repairs to a camera and spectrograph that are considered the mission's most challenging work.

"We're hoping we get a chance to make those up," said Massimino, a spacewalker who will work on the spectrograph. "We would like to get another shot at them."

Also missed were two simulations involving Hubble staff who will be manipulating the telescope from the ground during its final servicing mission, and another covering emergency launch procedures.

The astronauts arrived at the space center from Houston on Sunday evening to begin what is called the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, or TCDT.

The training culminates Wednesday with a simulated launch countdown expected to end around 11 a.m.

Among other tasks today, the astronauts will practice emergency escapes from the shuttle dressed in their orange spacesuits, learning how they would slide in baskets down wires from the launch pad.

Once on the ground, they would take shelter in a bunker or, if time allowed, jump in an M113 armored personnel carrier and ride to safety outside the blast zone.

"All that stuff is stuff we hope we don't have to use, but we're trained up and ready to go if we need to," said Good.

Another safety measure they hope not to use: shuttle Endeavour, which is standing by on pad 39B as a rescue vehilce if Atlantis is damaged.

"I am confident we're not going to need it, but I also am reassured knowing that it's sitting there, and that a crew is going to be ready to go and come get us if we need it," said Altman.

Senior shuttle managers are scheduled to hold a preliminary flight readiness review Wednesday and Thursday, when they will review the progress of all Hubble mission teams and make recommendations about the launch date.

Senior NASA officials are scheduled to review those recommendations next Thursday and Friday.
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SpaceX delays fourth Pacific launch

SpaceX delayed this week's planned launch of the fourth Falcon I, after a Saturday static firing (pictured left) indicated that a liquid oxygen supply line should be replaced.

"There is a good chance we would be OK flying as is, but we are being extremely cautious," said a company statement. "No major issues came up."

The next launch window is Sept. 28-Oct. 1, from an island in the Central Pacific.

After three launch attempts, SpaceX has yet to achieve orbit. The company is planing to launch a massive, nine-engine rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 40. The company expects the first Falcon 9 to be delivered to the Cape later this year.
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Astronauts talking with reporters live

Atlantis astronauts are meeting with reporters this morning at Pad 39A, where their spaceship is being prepared for an October flight to Hubble Space Telescope.

You can watch the briefing live here in The Flame Trench this morning. We'll be carrying the live NASA Television feed. You can see above the latest live screen-capture from NASA Television. If you click on the picture you'll get a larger, more up to date version and a link that will launch the live video feed from NASA TV.

You'll be able to follow along there as the astronauts are questioned by reporters. We'll update here once we get back from the question-and-answer session at the launch pad.

kl90

神七队伍平均年龄没超40岁 新火箭正在研制

“我确实感觉到我们的队伍是很年轻，但是很有经验，能够打硬仗。中国航天事业的发展是大有希望。”

    9 月6日晚，酒泉卫星发射中心。神舟七号任务总指挥部第一次会议在这里召开。会后，张建启(神七任务总指挥部副总指挥长，总装备部副部长)、马兴瑞(神七任务总指挥部副总指挥长，航天科技集团总经理)、周建平(中国载人航天工程总设计师)接受了包括本报在内的众媒体联合采访，介绍了神七任务的亮点和难点，以及中国载人航天工程的相关情况。

　　年轻是中国航天人优势

　　记者：据介绍，发射队伍中35岁以下的人员已经占到50%。中国航天研制队伍与国外相比，在可持续性发展方面是否具有优势？

　　马兴瑞：是的，我们实现了新老航天技术人员的更替。如嫦娥一号队伍，确实有大量的35岁的专家。参加本次发射的，我印象中平均年龄也没有超过40岁，所以我非常同意这个观点。

　　不管跟美国航天队伍比，还是跟俄罗斯比，我确实感觉到我们的队伍是很年轻，但是很有经验，能够打硬仗。从这个角度来看，中国航天事业的发展是大有希望。

　　新运载火箭正抓紧研制

　　记者：我国载人航天技术，尤其是火箭、飞船、卫星等，与美俄存在哪些差距？如何克服这些差距？

　　马兴瑞：我国的载人航天工程起步比较晚。在冷战时期，美国和前苏联就投入了大量的人力、财力、物力，搞太空竞赛。我们国家在2003年实现了首次载人航天飞行，但我认为中国载人航天工程的规模是适度的，是比较符合中国国情的。

　　我们的载人航天系统有自己的特点。飞船设计是有创新点的，也符合我们国情。所以，下一步我们要把飞船系统做好。我可以跟大家透露，中国政府正在抓紧研制新一代运载火箭。再过一段时间，我们拿出这些运载火箭的时候，就达到了当前运载火箭的国际主流水平。当然，运载火箭的发射是非常高风险的，所以需要在可靠性上进一步提高。

　　我们的生产能力、研制能力，跟美俄比还是有一定差距，但我们是一个年轻力壮的航天队伍，这一点是我们的优势。我们要利用这个优势来提升我们的能力。

kl90

Mock Atlantis Countdown Under Way

Atlantis astronauts this morning have begun a dress rehearsal for their scheduled Oct. 10 launch to the Hubble Space Telescope, for a fifth and final servicing mission.

Dressed in orange, partial-pressure launch-and-entry spacesuits, the seven-member crew left their quarters at 7:45 a.m. and boarded NASA's silver Astrovan, pausing briefly to wave to assembled media and Kennedy Space Center employees.

"Go, Atlantis!" said Commander Scott Altman, just as if the crew were about to fly.

The astronauts were driven to launch pad 39A, where they were to be strapped into the shuttle.

Along with ground crews and launch center personnel, the crew is following the same procedures that will be in place on their real launch day. The training is called the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, or TCDT.

"Liftoff" is scheduled for 11 a.m.

Meanwhile, senior shuttle program managers today and Thursday are reviewing whether an Oct. 10 launch is still possible. They are expected to recommend a later date to NASA executives who will make an official decision late next week.

The astronauts lost seven days of valuable training time when Hurricane Ike struck Johnson Space Center in Houston earlier this month. And installation of the Hubble cargo into Atlantis, planned Thursday, is two days behind schedule.

The Atlantis crew returns to Houston today after the mock countdown exercise is completed.

kl90

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Space shuttle Atlantis’ STS-125 crew members will participate in a simulated launch countdown, practice emergency egress procedures at the launch pad and continue to familiarize themselves with the mission payload and hardware. STS-125 is the fifth and final shuttle Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. Launch is targeted for Oct. 10.
The STS-125 crew members in Florida arriving in T-38 jets for Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, or TCDT, activities.

From left are, mission specialist Megan McArthur, pilot Gregory C. Johnson, mission specialist Mike Massimino, commander Scott Altman, and mission specialists Andrew Feustel, John Grunsfeld and Michael Good
















































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China readies for launch and spacewalk

A Chinese rocket rolled to the launch pad over the weekend in preparation for that nation's most challenging space mission yet -- one that will include China's first spacewalk. The Associated Press filed this report from Beijing ...

China this week launches its most ambitious space mission yet, a sign of rising confidence as Beijing cements its status as a space power and potential future competitor to the United States.

The Shenzhou 7 mission, to launch as early as Thursday, will be the first to carry a full complement of three astronauts, one of whom will perform China's first space walk, or EVA for "extra-vehicular activity." It is China's third manned mission.

The maneuver will help China master docking techniques needed for the construction of a space station, likely to be achieved initially by joining one Shenzhou orbiter to another.

The mission launches from the Jiuquan launch site in northwestern China. The lead astronaut, Zhai Zhigang, is expected to carry out the 40-minute spacewalk, which China will broadcast live.

"Shenzhou 7 is an incremental but important step forward," said Joan Johnson-Freese, an expert on the Chinese space program at the U.S. Naval War College in Rhode Island.

Riding a wave of pride and patriotism after hosting the Olympics, China's communist leaders face few of the public doubts or budgetary pressures constraining such programs elsewhere. That has allowed them to fuse political will and scientific gusto in a step-by-step process that could one day see Chinese astronauts landing on the moon.

Chinese space programs are methodically moving forward in a "very deliberate, graduated" manner, said Charles Vick, a space analyst for the Washington think tank GlobalSecurity.org. Beijing is accumulating the building blocks of a comprehensive program, demonstrating "caution but confidence" as it gains on the U.S. and other space powers, he said.

Future goals are believed to include an unmanned moon landing around 2012, a mission to return samples in 2015, and possibly a manned lunar mission by 2017 â

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25-9-2008
21.27pm ~ 22pm

中国 神七 发射。

宇航员 3人
翟志刚 刘伯明 景海鹏

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New Launch Dates Recommended

Senior shuttle managers today recommended delaying the launches of this year's two remaining missions.

Atlantis' launch on a Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission would move from Oct. 10 to Oct. 14, at 10:19 p.m.

Endeavour's launch on a mission to the International Space Station would move from Nov. 12 to Nov. 16, at 7:07 p.m.

The new dates will not be official until senior NASA executives approve them during a flight readiness review scheduled next Thursday and Friday.

Shuttle managers felt the added days - technically five days for Atlantis, since two launch times were possible on Oct. 11 - were needed to allow the astronauts, ground crews and payload processors to make up time lost to tropical storms over the past month.

"This gives us a little bit of breathing room to make the target dates after all these systems slowed us down," said Allard Beutel, a Kennedy Space Center spokesman.

A news conference is scheduled next Friday at the spaceport, no earlier than 4 p.m., to announce the official launch dates. You'll be able to watch a webcast of live NASA TV coverage of the briefing here on The Flame Trench.

According to a NASA press release, briefing participants include:
- Associate Administrator for Space Operations Bill Gerstenmaier
- Deputy Associate Administrator for Programs, Science Mission
Directorate Mike Luther
- Space Shuttle Program Manager John Shannon
- STS-125 Launch Director Ed Mango

The Atlantis astronauts were scheduled to return to Houston from the Cape at about 2 p.m. today, after completing a mock countdown exercise.
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China poised for 3rd launch, 1st spacewalk


Zhai zhi gang  Liu Bo Ming  Jin Hai Peng
景海鹏  翟志刚 刘伯明

Shen Zhou 7
神舟七号

BEIJING -- From a secretive desert town in China's northwest, the country will launch its third manned spaceflight Thursday, which will feature the nation's first spacewalk.

Chinese television will broadcast the takeoff from the Jiuquan satellite launch center in Gansu province, as well as the spacewalk, for the public to view another milestone soon after last month's Olympic Games in Beijing.

Russian technicians will provide support for the spacewalk during the Shenzhou 7 mission, according to the state-run Xinhua News Agency.

Two of the three "taikonauts" on board will suit up, but only one will step into space for about 40 minutes, 213 miles above Earth. The spacewalk could be Friday or Saturday.

"We are confident, determined and able to take the first step of Chinese people in space," astronaut Jin Haipeng told reporters Wednesday. Jin and the two other astronauts -- including Zhai Zhigang, who is likely to make the spacewalk -- are fighter pilots, all age 42, and have lived and trained together for the past decade.

China's "Divine Vessel" spacecraft, powered by China's Long March rockets, will blast off at 9 a.m. Thursday ET (9 p.m. Thursday in China), weather permitting, for a mission that will last three to five days.

The Shenzhou 7 is scheduled to land in the central area of Inner Mongolia in northern China.

The spacewalk marks a milestone in China's fast-developing space program, a multimillion-dollar, military-backed operation that has excited this nation of 1.3 billion people, and whose secrecy has worried NASA and China's Asian neighbors.

Chinese officials deny any military purpose to its space program.

"So far, China's manned space program hasn't carried out a single military task," said Cui Jijun, director of the Jiuquan center, according to Xinhua. Cui said the manned space program is scientific exploration that could boost technology and innovation.

In the 1950s, Chairman Mao Zedong complained that China could not even shoot a potato into space, but the nation has caught up quickly in recent years.

In 2003, China became the third nation after the United States and Russia to send a man into space. China sent two astronauts up in 2005 for its second spaceflight.

Top Chinese scientists have openly discussed long-term plans to land a man on the moon and to build a space station.

NASA chief Mike Griffin told a U.S. congressional hearing in February that China is becoming a more serious competitor in manned spaceflight.

The spacewalk "is a big technical step forward," said Joan Johnson-Freese, an expert on China's space program at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, R.I. "If they show it live (on TV), that shows a marked increase in their own confidence."

The payoffs can be considerable, Johnson-Freese said.

The Chinese "basically studied our Apollo program playbook and want those multiple benefits," she said. China's space program "gives the communist government great prestige and credit from its people, just like the Olympic Games. Economically, it shows the rest of the world that if you can do space technology, you can do a lot more than knock off designer clothing."

The spacewalk is being closely watched at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, where one-third of the 23,000 students are directly involved in aerospace.

"Some people may say that China still has many poor people and the space program is expensive, but we need all-round development," says student Chen Shichun, 21. "Space can help develop technologies that boost the economy for everyone."

One example is the "space vegetable" experiment, in which scientists sent plant seeds into space, then cultivated them into super-large vegetables on Earth.

This latest mission will release a communication satellite to film the spacewalk and could be used for a future space station.

The Chinese spacecraft borrows heavily from the Soviet Soyuz design, and Chinese astronauts have trained in Russia.

In the future, China may train foreign astronauts, said Chen Shanguang, the head of the China Astronaut Research and Training Center, according to Xinhua.

"International cooperation is an inevitable trend in manned space flights, which are large-scale projects with complex technologies and huge investment," he said.

The United States remains far ahead of China's program. "What China is doing is pretty spartan and prudent," Johnson-Freese said.

[ 本帖最后由 kl90 于 25-9-2008 11:08 AM 编辑 ]

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神七 9.45PM 发射， 进轨 成功

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http://www.floridatoday.com/content/blogs/space/
Chinese launch 3 men, aim for spacewalk

The Associated Press reports this morning ...

China has successfuly launched a rocket that will put a three-man crew into space to carry out the country's first spacewalk.

The rocket blasted off Thursday night in northwestern China, beginning the country's most challenging mission since it first launched a person into space in 2003.

The spacewalk by one of the astronauts is expected to take place either on Friday or Saturday.

It is expected to help China develop the technology for docking two orbiters to create China's first space station in the future.

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外媒热评“神七”顺利返回：中国航天事业里程碑

中新网9月28日电 28日17时37分，“神舟七号”载人飞船顺利返回地面，中国第三次载人航天飞行任务取得了圆满成功。众多外国媒体连日来高度关注“神七”动态，进行了大量追踪报道。外媒纷纷指出，“神七”是中国航天事业的一个里程碑，显示中国在太空俱乐部的实力迅速上升。同时，也有外媒指出，“神七”不应导致“中国威胁论”抬头，它是带着和平使命升空的，是和平新使。

　　<b>“神七”顺利返回 任务圆满成功
</b>
　　法新社、路透社、英国广播公司等媒体都迅速发出了“神七”返回舱顺利着陆的消息。

　　法新社报道称，实施了中国首次太空行走的航天员们周日(28日)在中国土地上着陆。电视直播画面显示，“神七”返回舱在中国北部内蒙古的着陆场缓缓飘落。

　　路透社的消息称，在成功完成一场具有挑战性的、包括太空行走在内的太空飞行任务后，中国3名航天员已安全着陆。这是中国科技水平的展现，也是中国向登月迈进了一步。

　　消息还称，“神七”返回舱在内蒙古着陆场着陆前，负责搜救任务的多架直升机已起飞待命。航天员在着陆前告诉控制中心他们很安全，状态良好。

　　英国广播公司报道则称，“神舟七号”返回舱在北京时间28日17时40分左右着陆。内蒙古气象台预报称，28日午后，四子王旗主着陆场天气晴到少云，符合“神七”着陆的气象条件。

　　<b>中国航天事业的重要里程碑</b>

　　德国之声报道称，27日，中国“神七”航天员翟志刚在太空完成了令人注目的出舱活动。中欧夏令时上午10时45分，神舟七号飞船41岁的航天员翟志刚离开轨道舱，进入太空，停留约20分钟。这是世界航天史上中国航天员首次进行的太空行走。对于中国航天事业来说，这次太空行走具有象征意义。

　　报道称，在世界航天史上，1965年3月18日，苏联宇航员阿列克塞?列昂诺夫第一次出舱进入太空；同年6月5日，美国宇航员爱德华?怀特也实现了太空行走。中国的发展速度超过了当年的美苏，从首次发射载人飞船到宇航员太空行走，中国只用了5年。航天员翟志刚的舱外航天服是中国自己开发研制的产品。

　　美联社报道称，中国航天员首次实现太空行走，使中国拉开了深度探索太空的序幕；而这个领域，此前一直是由俄、美两国掌控。

　　德国《明镜》周刊指出，中国航天员太空行走成功表明，中国成为除美国和俄罗斯以外第三个具有技术能力使航天员出舱进入宇宙的国家，这将为中国建立太空站奠定基础，是中国实施航天计划的重要里程碑。

　　<b>中国在太空俱乐部的实力迅速上升
</b>
　　法国国际广播电台称，中国太空人翟志刚27日完成了中国有史以来第一次太空行走。电视画面显示，当翟志刚一半身子探出神舟七号船舱后伸手致意，旋即在中国甘肃酒泉航天中心爆发出掌声。翟志刚在整个身子“飘浮”出船舱后，摇摆手中的五星红旗。这一极具象征性的动作显示中国在太空俱乐部的实力迅速上升。

　　报道说，中国的目标是建立自己的空间站。为此，在实现太空行走后，下一步中国需要完成的是飞船太空对接。然后，中国还需要建造能够发射空间站的更大功率的火箭。

　　路透社报道称，浩瀚的宇宙中首次留下了中国人的脚印。继北京奥运会后，翟志刚的太空行走也是中国今年的一件大事。“神七”升空是中国的第三次载人航天飞行，而太空行走使中国朝向组建太空实验室并建造空间站的长期目标迈进了一步，并有可能实现登月计划。

　　路透社也援引新华社的报道称，中国在太空技术方面还落后于俄罗斯和美国。“神七”安全返回地面后，中国就将开始为更具挑战性的太空任务做准备，着手进行新一轮航天员的选拔工作。

　　<b>“神七”是和平新使</b>

　　最新一期的美国《华盛顿观察》周刊发表了题为《“中国威胁”靠边站 和平新使是“神七”》的文章。

　　文章称，美国知名的太空问题专家、乔治?华盛顿大学空间政策研究所主任约翰?劳格斯登近日表示：“如果‘神七’成功完成太空旅行，不仅仅是美国，整个世界都会对中国太空技术的发展留下深刻的印象。这不会导致‘中国威胁’论的抬头，‘神舟七号’是带着和平使命升空的，它不是敏感的军事技术。”

　　已经退役的美国宇航员杰?毕其在接受采访时说：“‘神七’升空不应该导致中国威胁论的上升。美国人应该意识到，探索太空并不是美国人的专利，任何一个国家都可以做。”

　　文章还称，此次“神七”升空，五角大楼和美国媒体都显得比较平静。“无论是美国媒体，还是军方，都没有因为‘神七’的发射而更加担心中国，更谈不上‘威胁’。”劳格斯登解释说，“‘神七’载人飞船是中国民用航天技术的发展，美国乐见中国取得这样的成就。”

kl90

[组图]神舟七号飞船顺利返回全程回放

http://scitech.people.com.cn/GB/132659/134832/8122820.html

人民网9月28日电   北京飞控中心报道组报道   北京时间9月28日下午17时 38分，神舟七号飞船经过68小时28分的飞行，顺利返回地面，安全着陆。17时48分，安全着陆的神舟七号飞船舱门打开，医保人员确认，三位航天员身体状况良好。18时22分，第一名航天员翟志刚顺利出舱，并挥手致意。随后，航天员刘伯明、景海鹏依次出舱。18时28分，神七任务总指挥部总指挥长常万全宣布：“‘神舟七号’载人航天飞行任务圆满成功！”18时30分，温家宝总理宣读贺电。
（摄于北京飞控中心大屏幕  杨磊）

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http://scitech.people.com.cn/GB/8124339.html
巡天英雄凯旋航天城 回“家”的路走了半个小时

新华社北京９月２９日电（记者张汨汨、樊永强）太空中的神七航天员，９０分钟就能绕地球飞行一圈。然而，在回“家”的路上，１０００米的距离，他们却走了半个小时。

　　９月２９日上午，巡天归来的翟志刚、刘伯明、景海鹏回到北京航天城。

　　掌声、欢呼声、锣鼓声，回荡在北京的西北郊，小小的航天城被彩旗和鲜花布置得像过年一样喜庆。一大早，数千人就等候在航天城的主干道两侧。

　　９时１０分，３位航天员分乘３辆敞篷彩车驶入“凯旋门”。鲜花和彩绸，在车头组成了一个大大的“Ｖ”字。

　　最前面的是翟志刚，刘伯明和景海鹏紧随其后。他们身着蓝色工作服，频频向人群招手，绣在左胸前的五星红旗在花环的衬托下显得格外鲜艳。

　　锣鼓队敲出明快喜庆的节奏，军乐队奏起《欢迎进行曲》。“来了！来了！”“欢迎回家！”航天员向人群的每一次挥手，都激起一阵高过一阵的欢呼声。

　　路两边拉起了警戒线，可人们还是蜂拥般地向前挤，大人把孩子顶在头上，年轻人挥着手里的鲜花和红旗，很多人跟随着汽车，不停地问候心目中的航天英雄。

　　“翟志刚，你真棒！刘伯明，好样的……”人们大声喊着。航天员循声回头，报以灿烂的微笑。

　　汽车缓缓驶入航天员公寓区，３位英雄走下车，与等候在这里的亲友们热烈拥抱——此刻，他们真的回家了。

　　聚集在外面的人还是久久不愿离去。

　　航天城工作人员董翠华在与儿子兴奋地回放刚刚用ＤＶ拍摄下的画面。“太开心了，太兴奋了！”董翠华说，“我们一大早就守在门口，一路跟着彩车跑到这里，虽然累，但很值！”

　　小脸蛋涨得通红的孩子帅虹宇说：“长大了，我也要成为像叔叔们那样的航天员！”

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http://scitech.people.com.cn/GB/8123710.html
李涛七次打开返回舱舱门

昨天，神七返回舱成功着陆内蒙古中部草原，人们将鲜花纷纷献给3位航天员。而在他们身后，还有许多默默奉献的人，他们也是英雄。其中，搜救队员李涛从神一至神七以来，先后七次打开返回舱舱门，是名副其实的神舟“第一开”。

　　李涛

　　神舟“第一开”

　　神舟七号飞船返回舱带着一丝青烟和淡淡的焦味，降落在内蒙古四子王旗的草原上。搜救直升机轰鸣着盘旋，落下。

　　一名搜救队员快速跳下直升机，冲向返回舱落点，按照指挥长的命令，熟练地打开返回舱。

　　这名搜救队员就是主着陆场救生回收队空中分队一班班长李涛。从1999年至今，他参加了从神舟一号到神舟七号的所有任务，每次返回舱的舱门都由他打开，是名副其实的神舟“第一开”。

　　1999年7月，解放军装备指挥技术学院毕业的李涛，被分配到了刚刚组建的着陆场站救生回收队，成了一名搜救队员。

　　毕业刚一个月，李涛就被派往北京接受返回舱回收培训。扶正、开舱门、吊装固定、电台操作，每一个课目都要练习数百次，既简单枯燥，又来不得半点马虎。

　　“第一次开舱门，我的呼吸都快静止了。”李涛回忆起当年打开神舟一号飞船返回舱舱门时，仍然显得很激动。

　　神舟七号发射前，李涛独立编写了《返回舱吊装固定操作规范》，和其他同志一起编写完成了《返回舱现场处置程序》，使返回舱现场处置程序化、规范化。

　　张学亮

　　神舟“第一抬”

　　在进行了地面重力适应后，返回地面的3名航天员，由搜救队员连椅子带人，一起抬上搜救直升机。

　　张学亮与另外一个队友是第一组，他们抬着神舟七号飞船的指令长、我国首位太空出舱行走的航天员翟志刚。

　　“我能听到翟志刚均匀的呼吸声。”当把翟志刚送到医监医保直升机后，张学亮才意识到，由于刚才过于专注，手都有些抽筋了。

　　刚受领抬航天员的任务时，身高超过1.8米的张学亮以为是体力活，只要有力气就行了。其实不是这样。“当时选人的时候，条件就是要细心、动作协调性好。 ”张学亮说，两名队员不仅要身高相似，还要经过长时间的磨合，步伐、手势和所用力气都要协调，甚至迈出的步子都几乎一致。

　　裴俊

　　神舟“第一吊”

　　当飞船落地时，裴俊开着特装吊车，远远地停着。接到吊装指令后，他缓慢上前，安放处置神七返回舱所需要的支架。安放完毕，他又退回到很远的地方。

　　“我参加了6次神舟飞船回收任务，都没见到航天员。”被称为神舟“第一吊”的裴俊心中，多少有些遗憾。

　　裴俊的细心是出了名的。开特装吊车，不仅要有过硬的驾驶技术，还要对返回舱的外部结构非常熟悉。

　　为练就“一抓准”的本领，裴俊在吊钩上固定一根筷子，操作吊臂把筷子往啤酒瓶子里放。

　　李占山

　　场区“活地图”

　　李占山也参加了6次飞船的搜索回收任务。2001年，他担任地面搜索班班长，主着陆场周围上百平方公里的草原，哪里有沟、哪里有坎，他最清楚，是有名的“设备通”“活地图”。

　　2005年8月，参加神舟六号任务的李占山主动请缨，在对飞船理论落点进行多次勘察和标校塔位置计算后，不到一个月就准确标定出着陆场1：10万地形图和10米三维影像纸质地图。