{"id":8491,"date":"2019-10-27T16:22:43","date_gmt":"2019-10-27T16:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-reading\/female-astronaut-brings-changes-to-space-mission-nv-fei-xing-yuan\/"},"modified":"2019-10-27T16:22:43","modified_gmt":"2019-10-27T16:22:43","slug":"female-astronaut-brings-changes-to-space-mission-nv-fei-xing-yuan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/female-astronaut-brings-changes-to-space-mission-nv-fei-xing-yuan\/","title":{"rendered":"Female astronaut brings changes to space mission \u5973\u98de\u884c\u5458"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As a member of the crew for China’s latest space docking mission, Liu Yang became the country’s first female astro<\/em>naut entering space when Shenzhou-9 blasted into space atop a Long March-2F rocket on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n

Her presence in the ship, however, required a set of adjustments to China’s space program to meet the needs of a woman.<\/p>\n

NEW SPACESUITS FOR LADIES<\/strong><\/p>\n

"We developed a new series of spacesuits for female astronauts", said Li Tanqiu, deputy chief designer of the astro<\/em>naut system department.<\/p>\n

Li said the new suit fits well and will enable swift movements, especially of the fingers.<\/p>\n

Besides spacesuits, astro<\/em>nauts also brought special underwear and sports suits, according to Li.<\/p>\n

In addition, two sets of physical exercise training suits had already been placed in Tiangong-1, or Heavenly Palace-1, the space lab module launched last September with which Shenzhou-9 is supposed to dock in the next few days.<\/p>\n

There is also a curtain installed in Tiangong-1 to protect astronauts’ privacy when they are changing clothes, said Li.<\/p>\n

MORE VEG<\/strong><\/p>\n

"Astro<\/em>nauts rely on good food to focus on work," said Chen Shanguang, general director of the astro<\/em>naut system department.<\/p>\n

For female astronauts, Chen’s fellow crew had introduced low-fat food and added more vegetables to the menu, which also features desserts, chocolate and food with blood-enriching effects.<\/p>\n

For this 13-day mission, the spaceship is stocked with over 50 kinds of food and different menus will rotate every four days, added Chen.<\/p>\n

Chen also believes the food for China’s space program should take full advantage of the country’s traditio<\/em>nal cooking.<\/p>\n

FLEXIBILITY IN TIME<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another notable change is the enhanced flexibility in the crew’s time management mechanism during this mission.<\/p>\n

Previously, the schedule was detailed to each minute, while astro<\/em>nauts can this time adjust the arrangements in accordance with their own co<\/em>nditions and routines of their bodies.<\/p>\n

Medical officer Gai Yuqing said the ground headquarters will mo<\/em>nitor astronauts’ daily routines and remind them of the proper sleeping hours following Beijing time.<\/p>\n

"If too much work starts to deprive their sleeping hours, we will instruct them to give up some of the tasks to ensure enough sleep", said Gai.<\/p>\n

GAMES & EXPERIMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Besides hard work, astro<\/em>nauts were also advised to have fun during the mission.<\/p>\n

They can use a video l<\/em>ink to chat with the ground and their family members within each bedroom, said Chen, adding that designers had planted many "surprises" inside the lab.<\/p>\n

"Discovering unexpected items by themselves could add more fun to living in space", said Chen Shanguang.<\/p>\n

According to the general director, these treasure-hunting games will also be recorded to analyze people’s ability in solving puzzles in gravity-free conditions.<\/p>\n

New words:
\u5b87\u822a\u670dy\u01d4 háng fú\uff1aspacesuit
\u4efb\u52a1rèn wù \uff1amission
\u7075\u6d3b\u6027líng huó xìng\uff1aflexibility
\u6e38\u620fyóu xì\uff1agame
\u5b9e\u9a8cshí yàn\uff1aexperiment
\u83dc\u5f0fcài shì\uff1a cuisine<\/p>\n<\/div>\n