First batch of international scientific projects to board China’s Space Station
By Li Qiang, Feng Xuejun, People’s Daily
The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) and the United
Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) jointly announced the first
batch of nine scientific projects selected for the China Space Station (CSS) at
a press conference in Vienna, Austria on June 12 local time.
The nine projects involve 23 research bodies from 17
countries, including Switzerland, Poland, Germany, Italy, Norway, France,
Spain, the Netherlands, India, Russia, Belgium, Kenya, Japan, Saudi
Arabia, China, Mexico, and Peru. Some are from governmental
agencies while some are from privately-owned entities.
Besides, the first batch covers a wide range of disciplines
from space astronomy, microgravity physics and combustion science, geosciences,
to space life sciences and biotechnology.
Wang Qun, Permanent
Representative and Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary of the
Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations and
other International Organizations in Vienna,
described the move as a vivid manifestation of China's embrace of
multilateralism, inclusiveness and openness and its commitment to sustainable
development.
It embodies the vision of building a community with a
shared future for mankind in outer space, said Wang.
At the press conference, Simonetta Di
Pippo, director of UNOOSA, highly commended Chinese government’s efforts to open
its space station to all the UN members.
She said that such a measure will strongly promote the
international cooperation in manned space exploration, and engage more
countries in the study on manned space flight.
First batch of international scientific projects to board China’s Space Station
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