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Chinese manned space flights More reading Unit 6, S2A

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manned  manned adj. (of a spacecraft or other transport) being operated by a person or people riding inside it  (opp.) unmanned  e.g. Shenzhou 5 manned spacecraft  e.g. Chang’e 1 unmanned lunar probe(航天探测器 )

rocket  rocket n. a kind of fireworks; the engine that burns fuel to send a spacecraft into space  The rocket was ___________ in May,  (launched)

In the first century A.D.  create explosions  religious festivals  bamboo tubes  gunpowder  threw them into fires  flew out of the fires  propelled by gases

Attach gunpowder-filled bamboo tubes to arrows In 1232, the Chinese and the Mongols were at war with each other.

China’s Ming Dynasty astronaut  a legend  official/ stargazer 占 星师  go where no man had gone before  assemble a rocket- powered flying chair  give the command to light the rockets

tie  tie v. to attach or hold two things together with a string or rope  *tie sth. to…  e.g. They tied him to a chair with cable.  e.g. Tie the dog to the tree, or it may hurt children.

clear  clear v.  When smoke, fog, etc. clears, it disappears so that it is easier to see things  e.g. The mist will clear by mid-morning.

Milestones in China’s space exploration April 24, 1970 Nov, 1975 Nov.19,1999 Oct,15,2003 Oct, 12,2005 Oct, 24,

April 24, 1970 China launched its first satellite, known as Dongfanghong I, to orbit the Earth on its own Long March 1 space rocket on April 24, This made China the fifth nation to launch a satellite.

Nov In November 1975, the Long March 2 rocket carried China’s first “homing satellite” into orbit. That made China the third nation capable of retrieving( 找回 ) a satellite.

Nov.19, 1999 Shenzhou I was launched on November 19,1999. It made 14 orbits around the Earth carrying a dummy( 人体模型 ) astronaut, experimental seeds, commemorative stamps, national flags and a banner with signatures of participating engineers and scientists.

Oct.15, 2003 Shenzhou V was launched on October 15, 2003, carrying one astronaut, Yang Liwei, on a hour flight. This made China the third country to send a lone human into orbit, after Russia and the United States.

Oct.12, 2005 Shenzhou VI was launched on October 12, 2005, carrying two men, Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng, on a five-day flight 210 miles above the Earth.

Oct.24, 2007 China is set to launch its first lunar orbiter on October 24, 2007, the first stage of its moon exploration project.

2010 China plans to undertake space- walking, build a spacecraft docking ( 宇宙飞行器在轨道上对接 ) station and set up a space laboratory by 2010.

2011 The autonomous docking maneuver ( 演 习 ) between Shenzhou-8 and Tiangong-1 was completed at 1:37 am Nov.3. It is a major milestone in China's space exploration, which began with the launch of its first indigenous satellite in 1970.

2017 The latter two stages of moon exploration project involve landing an unmanned lunar rover( 漫步者 ) on the moon around 2012, and bringing back lunar soil and rock samples around 2017.