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On May 5, Chinese government CCTV recorded the success of the launch of the Long March-5B, a large transport rocket carrying a new space capsule. He was released from the Wenchang spaceport on Hainan Island (Hainan Island) in southern China at 18:00 local time. What was the first space mission for the Long March-5B rocket?
The Long March-5B rocket is approximately 53.7 meters long and has a takeoff mass of approximately 849 tons. It also transports space capsules to low Earth orbit. With a load of up to 25 tons.
In March, China said it would launch an unmanned space capsule test. What is one of the space flight programs to send astronauts to the space station and explore space in the future? And originally slated to launch from mid-April
China is the third country that can send humans into space by its own rockets in 2003 after the former Soviet Union and the United States. Since then, it has competed with Russia and the United States to become a space power by 2030, and aims to build a multi-module space station around 2022.
The space capsule is over 20.5 meters long and 5.2 meters in diameter, and can transport astronauts to the moon with a crew of up to 6 people on each flight Including the ability to configure the launch and return of the capsules carrying 3 crew members with luggage up to 500 kg, who can easily send samples for research and hardware from the Chinese space station to the world.
But this capsule launch will be an unmanned short-flight orbit test AND will return to northwest China as soon as Wednesday to verify capsule return technology such as thermal armor AND recovery system.The capsule will return with a parachute. and airbags that expand to withstand landings on a hard surface. And the capsules will be used in up to 10 flight crews that can be reused.
Source: reuters and spaceflightnow
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