June112013wasanotherbigdayforChinesespaceexploration.ShenzhouXChina’sfifthmannedspacecraftwassentintospace.ThreeastronautsNieHaisheng49ZhangXiaoguang47andWangYaping33stayedinspacefor15days.
Tiangong-1isChina’sfirstspacemodule(舱).Itwassentintospacein2011.Itwillbedevelopedintoalargespacestationaround2020.Aspacestationisalabforscientificstudies.ShenzhouXperformeditsfirstdocking(对接)withTiangong-1onJune13.Itdockedtwiceduringthe15days.
TheUSRussiaJapanCanadaandEuropeareworkingtogetherontheInternationalSpaceStation(ISS).ChinawantedtojointheISSbutwasrefusedbytheUS.Chinadecidedtobuilditsownspacestation.
ShenzhouXflewaroundtheTianggong-1labforthefirsttime.Thiswastomakesurethatspacecraftcoulddockfrommorethanjustonedirection.TheastronautscarriedoutrepairworkanddidexperimentsontheTiangong-1.
Teachingfromspace
WangYapingChina’ssecondwomanastronauttaughthighschoolandprimaryschoolstudentsaboutspacescience.Wangtalkedabouthowthingsmoveinamicro-gravity(微重量)environment.ThishelpedthestudentsbetterunderstandsomephysicsideaslikeNewton’sLaw.Thelessonsaimedtoencouragemorestudentstolearnabouttheuniverseandscience.
Lifeupinspace
Thethreeastronautsfollowedaworkandrestschedule(作息时间)thatissimilarontheEarth.TheyhadChinesedishessuchasKungPaoChickenandfriedrice.Thefoodwaskeptinspecialbags.AtthetimeoftheDragonBoatFestivaltheyhadZongzi.
小题1:Tiangong-1is_______whichwassentintospacein2011.
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