The Asian giant presented a “terrestrial space station” capable of recreating the environmental factors of space
China on Wednesday opened its first project “Earth space station”It is an infrastructure for space environment simulation and research capable of recreating the environmental factors of space. The facility is located in the northeastern city of Harbin and was jointly built by the institute Harbin Technology Corporation and China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationAs reported by the local newspaper Global Times in the past few hours.
The complex consists of four experimental buildings, dedicated to comprehensive space environment simulation, space plasma science, space magnetic environmental science, and animal husbandry. station It can simulate nine environmental factors typical of space Such as vacuum, high and low temperatures, electromagnetic radiation, space dust, weak magnetic fields, etc Microgravity.
“This achievement means that many future experiments that previously had to be conducted are now in space It can be carried out on the groundDirector of the Institute of Space Environmental Research and Materials Science at Harbin Institute of Technology, Li Li, noted, quoted by the newspaper. Eliminate the transportation of devices and equipment into space, a Earth space station It provides cost savings, reduces safety risks and the ability to control specific environmental factors for scientific experiments, the newspaper reported.
The Asian country has a space station called “Tiangong” In Mandarin, which will operate for about 15 years at about 400 kilometers from the Earth's surface. It is likely to become the only space station in the world this year if it is completed International Space StationIt is a US-led initiative that China is banned from joining due to the military ties to its space program, and will withdraw in 2024 as planned.
China has invested heavily in its space program and was able to land on the moon Chang'e 4 probe On the far side of the Moon – the first time this has been achieved – and reaching Mars for the first time, becoming the third country – yet United State And the defunct Soviet Union – in “Amartizar”.
