La estación espacial Tiangong (“Armonía celestial”) ha acoplado su ultimo módulo a su terminal espacial este 31 de octubre, con esto, el proyecto espacial chino ha logrado dar un gran paso en la competencia internacional.
El lanzamiento fue efectuado desde la base de Wenchang, en la isla de Hainan, en el extremo sur de China. La misión de instalación duró 13 horas, fue lanzada en el cohete Larga Marcha-5B Y4 a las 15:37 horas desde Hainan. Minutos después, logró alcanzar su objetivo, así lo aseguró el director del centro de lanzamiento: Deng Hongqin. Con un peso de 23.3 toneladas, 17.8 metros de longitud y 4.2 metros de diámetro, el laboratorio Mengtian, terminó el acoplamiento a las 4:27 horas del día siguiente, terminado así la nueva estación espacial china.
Recordemos que China tiene una gran historia en el ramo espacial, entre ellos destaca el lanzamiento de su primera nave tripulada en 2003, su primer paseo espacial en 2008, en 2019 logró que su sonda Chang’e 4 se posara en la cara oculta de la luna y en 2021 su sonda Tianwen-1 aterrizó en Marte. En adición, este país ha puesto a 14 astronautas en órbita, entre ellos tres mujeres. Con la instalación de la Tiangong, China alcanza uno de sus objetivos de desarrollo espacial. La potencia mundial tiene previsto iniciar la exploración de asteroides en los próximos dos años, dar los primeros pasos para establecer una base científica en la Luna antes de que acabe la década y realizar una misión tripulada a Marte en 2033. China's space station: TiangongThe Tiangong ("Heavenly Harmony") space station has attached its last module to its space terminal on October 31, with this, the Chinese space project has achieved a big step in the international competition. In April 2021, the first module for the construction of the Chinese space station was launched and put into orbit. One year later, in 2022, the third and last module was installed: the Mengtian laboratory. This will serve as a scientific work center and as a sports training area for Chinese astronauts (taikonauts). The launch was carried out from the Wenchang base on the island of Hainan, in the southernmost tip of China.
This docking represents a historic milestone for the Asian country and a surprising advantage since the International Space Station (ISS), led by the U.S. agency (NASA), will cease to operate at the end of this decade. In this way, it manages to leave behind the U.S. veto, which prevented its participation in the ISS. This new station will be orbiting at about 400 kilometers from the Earth's surface for the next 15 years. Its dimensions are similar to those of the former Russian MIR, but compared to the size of the ISS, it is barely a quarter of it. The Tiangong was designed to house a crew of three astronauts. Currently, three taikonauts live on the station, including Liu Yang, who became China's first female astronaut in 2012. The Tiangong station aims to be a great space laboratory where experiments that cannot be carried out on the ground can be performed, with the intention of converting the results into products needed in daily life and becoming a pole of the Chinese economy. Let's remember that China has a great history in the space industry, including the launch of its first manned spacecraft in 2003, its first space walk in 2008, in 2019 it landed its Chang'e 4 probe on the dark side of the moon and in 2021 its Tianwen-1 probe landed on Mars. In addition, the country has placed 14 astronauts in orbit, including three women.
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