Os três astronautas que viajam na nave 'Shenzhou IX', lançada ao espaço no último dia 16 de Junho, completaram neste domingo (24 de Junho) com sucesso o acoplamento manual entre seu veículo e o modulo espacial 'Tiangong I', o primeiro que a China consegue realizar.
A manobra foi completada pouco antes de 12h50 (horário local, 1h50 de Brasília), informou a agência oficial 'Xinhua', segundo a qual a China 'já domina as tecnologias de acoplamento e tem as habilidades básicas para construir uma estação espacial'.
No último dia 18 de Jnho, os três astronautas, entre os quais está a primeira mulher chinesa a viajar ao cosmos, Liu Yang, realizaram um acoplamento com o 'Tiangong I', embora naquela ocasião tenha sido usado o procedimento automático.
O 'Tiangong I', germe da futura base espacial permanente da China, já tinha sido acoplado no ano passado duas vezes mediante o modo automático com o 'Shenzhou VIII', embora naquela ocasião a nave do país asiático não fosse tripulada.
Após o acoplamento deste domingo, os três cosmonautas permanecerão no módulo durante algumas horas para realizar alguns experimentos antes de retornar à 'Shenzhou IX'.
Os 'taikonautas', nome com o qual os astronautas chineses foram apelidados ('taikong' significa 'espaço' em mandarim) desde que começaram a explorar o espaço em 2003, devem retornar à Terra na próxima terça-feira, na quarta missão tripulada do país.
Com este programa, a China, o terceiro país a levar um astronauta ao espaço, quer demonstrar que está equipada tecnologicamente para trabalhar em bases permanentes no cosmos, frente às reservas de países como os EUA de que Pequim participe da Estação Espacial Internacional (ISS).
A China planeja instalar seu primeiro laboratório no espaço por volta de 2016 e dispor de uma base espacial permanente no final desta década.
The three astronauts who travel on the ship "Shenzhou IX ', launched into space on the last day June 16, completed on Sunday (June 24) successfully coupling between your vehicle manual and module space' Tiangong I ', the first that China can accomplish.
The maneuver was completed shortly before 12:50 local time (1:50 a.m. GMT), the agency official 'Xinhua', according to which China's already mastered technology coupling and has the basic skills to build a space station. "
In the last 18 days Jnho, the three astronauts, among which is the first Chinese woman to travel the cosmos, Liu Yang, made an engagement with the 'Tiangong I', although that has been used during the automatic procedure.
The 'Tiangong I', the germ of the future permanent space base in China, had been engaged twice last year by the automatic mode with the "Shenzhou VIII ', although at the time of the Asian country the ship was not manned.
After docking on Sunday, the three cosmonauts will remain in the module for a few hours to do some experiments before returning to 'Shenzhou IX'.
The 'taikonauts', name with which Chinese astronauts were dubbed ('Taikong' means 'space' in Mandarin) since they began to explore space in 2003, must return to Earth next Tuesday, the fourth manned mission in the the country.
With this program, China, the third country to get an astronaut into space, or demonstrate that it is technologically equipped to work on a permanent basis in the cosmos, compared to the reserves of countries like the U.S. that participate in the Beijing International Space Station (ISS) .
China plans to install its first laboratory in space by 2016 and have a permanent base in space later this decade.
The maneuver was completed shortly before 12:50 local time (1:50 a.m. GMT), the agency official 'Xinhua', according to which China's already mastered technology coupling and has the basic skills to build a space station. "
In the last 18 days Jnho, the three astronauts, among which is the first Chinese woman to travel the cosmos, Liu Yang, made an engagement with the 'Tiangong I', although that has been used during the automatic procedure.
The 'Tiangong I', the germ of the future permanent space base in China, had been engaged twice last year by the automatic mode with the "Shenzhou VIII ', although at the time of the Asian country the ship was not manned.
After docking on Sunday, the three cosmonauts will remain in the module for a few hours to do some experiments before returning to 'Shenzhou IX'.
The 'taikonauts', name with which Chinese astronauts were dubbed ('Taikong' means 'space' in Mandarin) since they began to explore space in 2003, must return to Earth next Tuesday, the fourth manned mission in the the country.
With this program, China, the third country to get an astronaut into space, or demonstrate that it is technologically equipped to work on a permanent basis in the cosmos, compared to the reserves of countries like the U.S. that participate in the Beijing International Space Station (ISS) .
China plans to install its first laboratory in space by 2016 and have a permanent base in space later this decade.
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