Accompany the Shenzhou on its journey

Author: Tang Xiuying
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Publish Date: 2006-04-20
Features: "When people are close to heroes, they have long sailed away; when people gather around heroes, they are still braving storms in the vast sea and sky; when people raise their glasses in celebration 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, Tang Xiuying, a reporter from the China National Defense Science and Technology Press, 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 and completing their mission in the "high-latitude roaring belt" of the South Pacific. 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.