Mankind's Flying Dream

2026-01-14 19:56

Human space exploration was the relentless pursuit of flying dreams. In the course of aerospace development, different countries had achieved iconic results. On April 12, 1961, cosmonist Yuri Gagalin entered space on the Vostok 1 spacecraft and completed the world's first manned orbital flight. He flew for 108 minutes and became the first person in human history to enter space. On May 5, 1961, Lieutenant Colonel Alan Shepard took a suborbital flight in the spacecraft "Freedom 7" carried by the Redstone rocket. This was the first manned space flight of the United States. On October 15, 2003, China launched the Long March 2F carrier rocket with the Shenzhou V manned spacecraft. Yang Liwei entered space. China achieved the first manned space flight and mastered the technology of manned space flight. The spacecraft flew for 21 hours and 23 minutes, circled the Earth 14 times, and returned. The development of space vehicles was also an important part of space exploration. For example, the space shuttle was a re-usable vehicle that transported people and cargo to and from the Earth's surface and low-Earth orbit. It was composed of an orbiter, a propeller, and an external storage tank. The United States and the Soviet Union had built and experimented with it. The United States was the only country that had successfully carried out a manned mission with a space shuttle. In 2024, China's space program planned to carry out about 100 launch missions and was expected to send more than 300 grams of spacecraft into space. This year, there would be the first flight of the Long March 6C and Long March 12 launch vehicles. The first commercial space launch site would usher in its first launch mission. The Chang'e-6 lunar probe would be launched in the first half of the year to realize the world's first return of samples from the Aitken Basin on the South Pole on the back of the moon. Chang 'e-6 faced many difficulties in collecting samples on the back of the moon, such as poor signal, poor terrain, many hills, less sunlight, large temperature difference, etc. However, it could independently complete a number of difficult tasks and collect soil on the back of the moon within 15 minutes. On the return trip, it used a semi-ballistic jump similar to Qian Xuesen's trajectory to slow down in the atmosphere and land accurately in the Siziwang Banner area of Inner Mongolia. This achievement showed that China's aerospace technology was constantly developing and progressing. Lunar exploration was of great significance to the speculation of the moon's origin, resources, water sources, etc. At the same time, the moon played an important role in contemporary war strategies. In short, human space exploration continued to develop, and all countries continued to work hard to achieve higher goals. The space industry gathered the wisdom and sweat of countless people, and it also continued to expand the boundaries of human understanding of the universe. The novel " Hundred Years of Spaceship " is equally exciting. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!