Unit6Unit6SpaceandbeyondTowatchavideoandanswerthequestionsTolearnaboutthemajorachievementsofChina'sspaceindustryTolearnaboutthehistoryofChinesespaceflight,toinspireNationalPrideSpaceandbeyondWhenyousee“Spaceandbeyond”,whatdoyouthinkof?Whatdoyouexpecttolearnaboutspaceexploration?水星金星火星地球木星土星天王星海王星太陽(yáng)系Howmuchdoyouknowaboutsolarsystem?theKuiperbeltHowwastheSunformed?2.WherearetheAsteroidBeltandtheKuiperBeltinthesolarsystem?First,enoughgasanddustpulledtogethertomakeadiscwheretheplanetswereformed.Then,buildingpressureheatedupthecenterofthedisctoonemilliondegrees,andanuclearreactionbegan,whichformedthesun.TheAsteroidBeltliesbetweenMarsandJupiter.TheKuiperBeltexistsjustbeyondtheorbitofNeptune.3.Whatelsedoyouknowaboutthesolarsystem?Share

whatyouknowwiththeclass.Thesunisabigburningstar.Anditismadeupofhotgases.Eightplanetsmovearoundthesun.Togethertheplanetsandthesunarecalledthesolarsystem.Theearthisaspecialplanet.Itgetsheatandlightfromthesun.Itisjusttherightdistancefromthesun.Itisnottoohotortoocold.Lookatthetimelineandanswerthequestions.15September2016:Chinalauncheditssecondspacelab,Tiangong-2,intoorbit.Itisakeyelementofthenation’splanforapermanentspacestation.

2December2013:Chinalauncheditsthirdunmannedlunarprobe,Chang’e3,whichmadeasoftlandingontheMoonandthenreleasedalunarrover.15October2003:ShenzhouVblastedofffromtheJiuquanSatelliteLaunchCentre,sendingChina’sfirstastronautintospace.

24April1970:ChinalaunchedDongfanghongI,becomingthefifthcountrytosendasatelliteintoorbit.1.Whichofthesespacecrafthadahumanonboardwhenlaunched?2.WhataretherecenteventsinChina’sspaceprogramme?

Addthemtothetimeline.3.WhatdoyouknowaboutChina’sfutureplansforspace

exploration?ShenzhouV.WhatdoyouknowaboutthedevelopmentofChina’sspaceexploration?Fromitsfirstsatellite,Dongfanghong-1,allthewaytosoft-landingonthemoon’ssurface,China’saerospaceindustryhasmaderemarkableachievements.China’saerospaceindustryChinahasbeenanactivememberoftheInternationalSpaceExplorationCoordinationGroupsince2006.Thegroupisaninternationalforum(國(guó)際論壇)setupby14spaceagenciesbasedonmutualinterests,sharedtechnologiesandaimstoplanacommon,cohesiveroadmapintothefutureforallofmankind’sventuresintoouterspace.

Throughcooperation,Chinagivesalotofcountriesaniceopportunitytodevelopnewpartnershipstostayactiveinspaceexploration.ThebigdreamofgettingallnationsworkingtogetherinspaceisthatthecooperationwillextendbackdowntoEarth.Trustdevelopedthroughspaceco-explorationcanalsobeturnedtosolvingglobalproblemsliketheenvironment,pandemics(流行病),

naturaldisastersandsomethingasscaryasarunawayasteroid(小行星).China'sSpaceMissionMissionsLaunchTimeLaunchVehiclesAstronautsMissionGoalsShenzhou1Shenzhou2Shenzhou3Shenzhou4Shenzhou5Shenzhou6Shenzhou720November,1999LongMarch2FN/ATesttheLongMarch2Frocket10January2001LongMarch2Famonkey,adog,andarabbitTestlife-supportsystems25January2002LongMarch2FadummyTestlife-supportsystemsandfacilitiesforhumanflight30January2002LongMarch2FtwodummiesFinaldressedrehearsalforhumanflight15October2003LongMarch2FYangLiweiFirstChinesemannedflight12October2005LongMarch2FFeiJunlong,NieHaishengScientificexperiments;testorbitalmodule25September2008LongMarch2FZhaiZhigang,LiuBoming,JingHaipengScientificexperiments;firstChinesespacewalkChina'sSpaceMissionMissionsLaunchTimeLaunchVehiclesAstronautsMissionGoalsTiangong1Shenzhou8Shenzhou9Shenzhou10Tiangong229September2011LongMarch2F/GN/ATestsforaspacestationprototype1November2011LongMarch2FN/ATestsunmanneddockingwithTiangong116June2012LongMarch2FJingHaipeng,LiuWang,LiuYangTestsunmanneddockingwithTiangong1;China’sfirstfemaleastronaut11June2013LongMarch2FNieHaisheng,ZhangXiaoguang,WangYapingDockwithTiangong1andconductexperiments15September2016LongMarch2FN/AAreplacementforTiangong1;atestingplatformforthedesignofafutureChinesespacestationChina'sSpaceMissionMissionsLaunchTimeLaunchVehiclesAstronautsMissionGoalsShenzhou11Tianzhou1...DockwithTiangong2andtestlife-supportsystemsN/A17October2016LongMarch2F20April2017LongMarch2FJingHappeng,ChenDongAnautomatedcargospacecraftwhichtesteddockingprocedureswithTiangong2InternationalSpaceStationItisamulti-nationconstructionprojectthatisthelargestsinglestructurehumanseverputintospace.Itsmainconstructionwascompletedbetween1998and2011,althoughthestationcontinuallyevolvestoincludenewmissionsandexperiments.Itgenerallyholdscrews