Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Wang Yaping, China First Master of Space


China will re-launch their astronauts into space today. In this time the mission, Chinese astronauts back to include a woman who had a special assignment while in space.

Reported by China Daily, Tuesday, June 11, 2013, astronaut woman named Wang Yaping that besides helping to build the space station, he will also serve as the first teacher of the orbit. Using cameras from space, Wang will give a lesson about space at elementary and junior high school students in China.

Wang will talk about the movement and fluid properties in the zero-gravity environment. He also will teach students directly on the matter of weight and mass based on Newton's law. There was also an interactive session where students can ask questions directly.

Born in 1980, Wang joined the Chinese Air Force at the age of 17 years. Women of Yantai, Shandong province, it is one of the Chinese Air Force female pilots mainstay. In 2010, Wang was elected as a member for the second batch of Chinese astronauts in April 2013 and was selected to fly on Shenzhou-10 mission.

Previously, he was a backup astronaut on the Shenzhou-9 mission in 2012. On a mission this time, Wang astronauts will fly with two men, namely Nie Haisheng and Zhang Xiaoguang.

The mission this time is getting closer to their ambition to make China's own space station. The crew of Shenzhou-10 will build the foundation for the construction of the station is expected to be completed in 2020.

China's ambitions in space marked by sending Yang Liwei, the first astronaut into space on a mission Shenzhou-V, October 2003. In 2012, China conducted 18 space launches to. Last year, China's first female astronaut flew them into orbit and the first time doing manual docking module to the space.

The rapid increase in China's space program and shows the development of the country financially. In the course of last year, China has to spend up to 40 billion yuan, equivalent to Rp64, 4 trillion.
 
Sources:
http://dunia.news.viva.co.id/news/read/419793-wang-yaping--guru-pertama-china-dari-antariksa

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