\tAstronauts in the orbiting lab module Tiangong-1 received their first e-mail from Earth on Tuesday afternoon(June 20, 2012), the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC) confirmed.<\/p>\n
\tThe e-mail containing photos, text and videos was sent through a special communication channel between the control center and the lab module, a statement from the center said.<\/p>\n
\tThrough this communication channel, astronauts can maintain instant contact with Earth, which facilitates their work and contributes to the quality of their spare time, the statement said.<\/p>\n
\tThe three astronauts, including the country's first female in space,entered the cabin of the Tiangong-1 on Monday afternoon, becoming the first group of Chinese to enter an orbiter in space, shortly after a successful automatic docking procedure between the orbiter and the Shenzhou IX spaceship.<\/p>\n
\tDeng Yibing, chief engineer of the astronaut training center, said that the astronauts had been busy checking the facilities and doing experiments over the past day.<\/p>\n
\tThe environment inside the orbiter has been quite comfortable, with the temperature at 22 to 23 degrees Celsius and the humidity at 40 percent, Deng said.<\/p>\n
\tAlthough they experience 16 sunrises and sunsets every 24 hours as the orbiter circles Earth every 90 minutes, astronauts wake up and rest in line with Earth time.<\/p>\n
\t"They got up at 6 am Beijing Time today and will go to bed in the evening," Deng said.<\/p>\n
\tOne will remain on duty while the others sleep, and the three will take turns sleeping, he said.<\/p>\n
\tNew Words:
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\t\u7167\u7247zhào piàn\uff1aphoto
\t\u6587\u672cwén b\u011bn\uff1atext
\t\u89c6\u9891shì pín\uff1avideo
\t\u9891\u9053pín dào\uff1achannel
\t\u8f6e\u6d41lún liú\uff1atake turn<\/p>\n