Zhao 赵维杰 By Weijie
Weijie Zhao is an NSR news editor based in Beijing.
Natl Sci Rev. 2021 Aug 26;8(11):nwab161. doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwab161. eCollection 2021 Nov.
On 17 June 2021, China's spacecraft Shenzhou 12 took three Chinese astronauts into the Earth's orbit and docked with the assembly of Tianhe and Tianzhou, the core module and cargo ship of the Chinese Space Station (CSS), which had been launched and assembled in orbit earlier this year. The three astronauts became the first visitors of the CSS and would stay in orbit for about three months. In 2022, two laboratory cabin modules, Wentian and Mengtian, will be launched and assembled into Tianhe, completing the basic structure of the CSS. The CSS is designed to be used for at least 10 years, and will provide an outer space experimental platform for researchers from multiple disciplines. On 23 July 2021, () interviewed Professor Ming Gao (), the Commander-in-Chief of the Space Utilizaiton System of the China Manned Space Program, Director General of the Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization (CSU) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and an Academician of the International Academy of Astronautics. The Space Utilizaiton System is the scientific part of the CSS project, responsible for the design and organization of the onboard research programs. Gao has been involved in China's Manned Space Program since 1994, and has experienced the whole development process from the Shenzhou spacecraft to the CSS. In this interview, she introduces the scientific goals, plans and aspirations of the CSS.
2021年6月17日，中国神舟十二号飞船搭载三名中国宇航员进入地球轨道，并与中国空间站（CSS）的核心舱天和号及货运飞船天舟号组合体对接，天和号与天舟号于今年早些时候发射并在轨道上组装完成。这三名宇航员成为了中国空间站的首批访客，并将在轨道上停留约三个月。2022年，两个实验舱模块，问天号和梦天号，将发射并与天和号组装在一起，完成中国空间站的基本结构。中国空间站设计使用寿命至少为10年，并将为多学科研究人员提供一个外层空间实验平台。2021年7月23日，（）采访了中国载人航天工程空间应用系统总设计师、中国科学院空间应用工程与技术中心主任、国际宇航科学院院士高铭教授。空间应用系统是中国空间站项目的科学部分，负责在轨研究项目的设计与组织。高铭自1994年起参与中国载人航天工程，经历了从神舟飞船到中国空间站的整个发展过程。在这次采访中，她介绍了中国空间站的科学目标、计划和愿景。
