Research on the Chinese Space Station. April 20,2012 SPACE RESEARCH INFORMATION DAY

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1 Research on the Chinese Space Station April 20,2012 SPACE RESEARCH INFORMATION DAY

2 Content 1. Brief of the China s Manned Space Engineering Program 2. Introduction of GESSA (CSU), CAS 3. Utilization on the CMSE - 1 st step 4. Utilization on the CMSE 2 nd step 5. Utilization Planning for the China s Space Station - 3 rd step

3 1. China s Manned Space Engineering Program

4 1. China s Manned Space Engineering Program In September 1992, Chinese government made a decision to implement the manned space engineering project and prescribed a Three-step Strategy of development

5 1. China s Manned Space Engineering Program The first step is to launch a manned spaceship, set up primarily integrated experimental manned spacecraft engineering, and carry out space experiments. The second step is to make technology breakthroughs in Extravehicular Activities as well as space rendezvous and docking of the program, launch the space lab, and provide a solution for space utilization of a certain scale with man-tending on a short-term basis. The third step is to establish a space station, and provide a solution for space utilization of larger scale with man-tending on a long-term basis.

6 1. China s Manned Space Engineering Program the structure We are here

7 1. China s Manned Space Engineering Program Completed Missions Time Note Shenzhou I 06:30, Nov. 20, 1999 Unmanned Shenzhou II 01:00, Jan.10, 2001 Unmanned Shenzhou III 22:15, Mar. 25, 2002 Unmanned Shenzhou IV 00:40, Dec. 30, 2002 Unmanned Shenzhou V 09:00, Oct. 15, 2003 Manned Shenzhou VI 09:09, Oct. 12, 2005 Manned Shenzhou VII 21:10, Sept. 25, 2008 Manned Shenzhou VIII 05:58, Nov. 01, 2011 Unmanned Current Missions Time Note Tiangong I 21:39, Sept. 29, 2011 Unmanned Tiangong2,3 (or Spacelab) and several Shenzhou spaceships are planned before 2016.

8 1. China s Manned Space Engineering Program It is planned that around 2020, China will build a space station. Core Module, Laboratory Cabin Module I, Laboratory Cabin Module II, Spaceship (SZ series), and the Cargo together, will compose the whole space station system.

9 2. GESSA (CSU)

10 2. Introduction of GESSA GESSA (General Establishment of Space Science and Application, Chinese Academy of Sciences) was founded in On behalf of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), it participates the China s Manned Space Engineering, acting as an organizer, coordinator and integrator of the Space Utility System of China s Manned Space Engineering. Institutes and universities inside and outside CAS have been involved in the Space Utility System.

11 2. Introduction of GESSA Chinese Academy of Sciences recently made the organization GESSA a legal person status, and it has a new name: Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CSU, CAS) ( Add: No 9, Deng Zhuang South Road, HaiDian District, Beijing,100094, China

12 2. Introduction of GESSA-Structure CAS CMSEO GESSA Other systems of CMSE Sub- System Sub- System Payload Groundbased subsystem Space Utility System of the CMSE

13 2. Introduction of GESSA-Functions As a Space Utility System administrator, GESSA has the general function of: Project management; System coordinating Technical support (in space & on the ground) Strategy study and project planning International cooperation Budget planning Coordinating Project management GESSA Planning International Cooperation Technical Support Budget

14 2. Introduction of GESSA 5 Centers Infrastructure of GESSA : Mission Planning and Design Center Payload Operation and Application Center(POAC) Payload Integration and Testing Center(PITC) Third-party Software Testing Center Quality Insurance Center

15 3. Utilization on the CMSE - 1 st step

16 3. Utilization on the CMSE 1 st Step Earth Observation Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer on SZ-3 (Mar. 2002)

17 3. Utilization on the CMSE 1 st Step Earth Observation Multimode Microwave Remote Sensor was on SZ-4 (Dec. 2002)

18 3. Utilization on the CMSE 1 st Step Earth Observation Solar ultraviolet Spectrum Monitor Solar Constant Monitor Earth Radiation Budget Monitor

19 Space Life Science The Space Life Science Experiments were arranged through SZ-2(Jan. 2001) to SZ-4 (Dec. 2002) Protein Crystal Growth Space Cell Cultivation Cell Fusion 3. Utilization on the CMSE 1 st Step Electrophoresis Experiment

20 Space Material Science 3. Utilization on the CMSE 1 st Step Crystal Growth Furnace and Samples Space Crystal Growth Real Time Observation Device

21 3. Utilization on the CMSE 1 st Step Microgravity Fluid Physics Optical interference pattern of droplet migration

22 Space Astronomy 3. Utilization on the CMSE 1 st Step Soft X-ray Detector A γ-ray burst event discovered by X-detector on Jan.17,2001 Super Soft X-ray Detector (left) and γ Ray Detector (right) GRB010611

23 3. Utilization on the CMSE 1 st Step Space Environment Detection and Prediction Atmosphere density High-energy proton and electron flux

24 4. Utilization on the CMSE 2 nd step

25 4. Utilization on the CMSE 2 nd Step Earth Observation: Hyper-spectral imager ( on Tiangong-1) 2011/12/24

26 Friction coefficient 4. Utilization on the CMSE 2 nd Step Space material Science Experiment Composite colloidal crystal growth ( on Tiangong-1 ) Solid lubricating materials exposure experiment (Shenzhou-7, 2007) Bragg diffraction of laser-kossel pattern Before irradiation After 2h irradiation After 4h irradiation Sliding time(s)

27 4. Utilization on the CMSE 2 nd Step Space life science:simbox (On Shenzhou-8, cooperation project with DLR) O2 CO 2

28 4. Utilization on the CMSE 2 nd Step SIMBOX on Shenzhou Project

29 4. Utilization on the CMSE 2 nd Step Earth Science Study (Planned on Tiangong-2) Microwave altimeter Multi-angle wide-field imager for research of the land, ocean and atmosphere

30 4. Utilization on the CMSE 2 nd Step Space astronomy (Planned on Tiangong-2) GRB polarization detection (POLAR) Cooperation project with Switzerland

31 4. Utilization on the CMSE 2 nd Step Fundamental physics (Planned on Tiangong-2) Cold atomic clock Ramsey interference fringes Laboratory prototype of the cold atomic clock

32 4. Utilization on the CMSE 2 nd Step Space life science and microgravity science (Planned on Tiangong-2) Plants cultivation Large Prandtl number liquid bridge thermocapillary convection Integrated material furnace

33 5. Utilization Planning for the China s Space Station - 3 rd step

34 5. Utilization Planning for China s Space Station Since 2009, Under the leadership and organization of Chinese Manned Space Engineering Office(CMSEO), GESSA began to organize the utilization planning for the China s Space Station. Hundreds of space utilization proposals suggested by more than 70 universities and institutes were received. Hundreds of research projects are chosen to be the candidate ones now. A series of facilities and platforms were considered as the infrastructure to support the experiments in different discipline of space utilization.

35 5. Utilization Planning for China s Space Station Space utilization Earth Observation Space Science Space utilization technology Space life science and biotechnology Space material science Microgravity fluid and combustion Fundamental physics Space astronomy Space physics and space Environment

36 5. Utilization Planning for China s Space Station Space life science and Bio-technology Fundamental biology Biotechnology Space radiation effects Fundamental study on closed ecological life support system Other frontier, interdisciplinary studies

37 5. Utilization Planning for China s Space Station Fluid Physics and Combustion Microgravity fluid dynamics Two-phase flow and fluids management Complex fluid Microgravity combustion science Fire prevention, mitigation, and recovery study

38 5. Utilization Planning for China s Space Station Space Material Science Space material growth kinetics and mechanism Functional materials, process and research Material causative behavior in the space environment

39 5. Utilization Planning for China s Space Station Fundamental Physics High-precision time-frequency system Cold atom physics Relativity and equivalence principle test Low temperature condensed matter and critical phenomena

40 5. Utilization Planning for China s Space Station Space Astronomy Various sky-surveys aiming at dark energy and other scientific objectives Detection of dark matter particles and cosmetic ray Monitoring and detection of all kinds of variable celestial sources and explosions, including the Sun Experiments for new technologies in space astronomy

41 5. Utilization Planning for China s Space Station Space Physics and environment Space environment Space Physics

42 5. Utilization Planning for China s Space Station Earth Science Global change related earth science research Research on economic development related earth science research

43 5. Utilization Planning for China s Space Station Facilities and devices The facilities and devices are planned to meet the requirement of science experiments and research. Experiment platform to provide the condition of proper gravity, temperature and radiation Facilities for space astronomy and earth science

44 5. Utilization Planning for China s Space Station In doing the planning, We would like to invite our international partners to participate our Program in term of the utility project: Call for international cooperation project. International conference on utilization of China s Space Station

45 Thank you Guo Jiong