Zhu He
Science and news editor at the editorial office of NSR in Beijing, China.
Natl Sci Rev. 2022 Sep 7;9(12):nwac189. doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwac189. eCollection 2022 Dec.
'The fact is that after ISS, China may be the only station in orbit,' remarked Leroy Chiao, a former NASA astronaut and commander of the International Space Station (ISS). As of July 2022, Tianhe, the core module of the China Space Station (CSS), has been orbiting the Earth for more than a year, and the Wentian experiment module joined the Tianhe station on 25 July. Together, they make up about two thirds of the CSS. Later in October, the third piece of the puzzle, the Mengtian experiment module, will complete the T-shaped structure of the CSS. In 2024, the China Sky Survey Telescope, Xuntian, will enter orbit. The ISS, on the other hand, was just mentioned in Russia's response to the latest round of economic sanctions, confirming the concern expressed by Commander Chiao when he said 'The ISS will be deorbited in 2030. The politics with the Russians is no longer tenable.'
美国国家航空航天局（NASA）前宇航员、国际空间站（ISS）指挥官勒罗伊·焦表示：“事实上，国际空间站退役后，中国空间站可能会成为轨道上唯一的空间站。”截至2022年7月，中国空间站（CSS）的核心舱“天和”已绕地球运行一年多，“问天”实验舱于7月25日加入“天和”空间站。它们共同构成了中国空间站约三分之二的部分。10月晚些时候，拼图的第三块——“梦天”实验舱将完成中国空间站的T形结构。另一方面，国际空间站仅在俄罗斯对最新一轮经济制裁的回应中被提及，这证实了焦指挥官此前表达的担忧，他说：“国际空间站将于2030年脱离轨道。与俄罗斯之间的政治合作已不再可行。”
