Accompanying Shenzhhou on its Voyage - An Interview Chronicle of the Underwater Tracking and Control for China's First Manned Spaceflight

Author: Tang Xiuying
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: "When people celebrate heroes, they have already sailed far away; when people flock around heroes, they are still braving storms in the vast sea; when people raise their glasses in honor of heroes, there is not a single piece of green vegetable in their diet; when the roaring waves of passion gradually subside into a tranquil landscape, they silently turn back at the end of this landscape." This is a journal of a female sailor's voyage. In September 2003, journalist Tang Xiuying from the China Arms Industry News Agency joined the Yuanwang No. 2 ship on a voyage to the South Pacific to cover the first manned spaceflight's maritime tracking and control mission. With vivid and lifelike language, the author describes the story of the "Yuanwang people" enduring hardships in the "high-latitude roaring belt" of the South Pacific to complete their mission. It includes a review of the history of China's satellite maritime tracking and control, an exploration of the mental state of the "Yuanwang people," and an accurate record of the Yuanwang No. 2 ship encountering sudden changes in sea conditions and temporarily altering its tracking route before the Shenzhou 5 mission.