Space Heroes 太空英雄
[audio]http://www.24en.com/bbc/dl_mp3/bbc_space_heroes.mp3[/audio][color=#3f3f3f][font=Verdana, 宋体, helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=12px]Three Chinese [b]astronauts[/b] returned safely on Sunday after [b]orbiting[/b] the Earth on board the [b]Shengzhou-VII space capsule[/b].
[p=21, 2, left]The message to the world is clear: after a slow start in space, China is[b]catching up[/b] fast.[/p][p=21, 2, left]The spacecraft [b]touched down[/b] in the Mongolian desert to [b]rapturous applause[/b] from [b]mission control[/b] in Beijing. Millions [b]tuned in[/b] to watch the historic moment on television around the world.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Mission leader Zhai Zhigang was the first to [b]emerge[/b] from the [b]capsule[/b]and he was incredibly proud of their achievement.[/p][p=21, 2, left]"It was a glorious mission, full of challenges with a successful end," he said.[/p][p=21, 2, left]The mission follows China's successful hosting of the Olympics and included the country's first ever [b]spacewalk.[/b][/p][p=21, 2, left]Mr Zhai wore a Chinese-made [b]spacesuit[/b] costing up to £20million (220million Yuan), and stayed outside the capsule for 15 minutes while his team mates stayed inside, [b]monitoring his progress[/b].[/p][p=21, 2, left]This exercise puts China as only the third nation, after the United States and Russia, to stage a successful space walk. It is also seen as a critical progression in the country's three-step space programme, with the[b]ultimate aim[/b] to build a large [b]space station[/b].[/p][p=21, 2, left]Is there a new [b]space race[/b] underway now? Roger Launius of the National Air and Space Museum think there is. "It is an Asian space race. It's between China, Japan, maybe Korea, certainly India," said Mr Launius.[/p][p=21, 2, left]"The Chinese, because of their full service capability – humans, [b]robots[/b]and military – are at this point in time the leaders in that race. But those other countries have a lot of [b]capabilities[/b] too," he added.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Meanwhile, the families of the astronauts have to wait patiently as their space heroes [b]undergo[/b] two weeks of [b]preventative [url=http://d.24en.com/s/?wd=quarantine]quarantine[/url][/b], just in case their body defences may have been weakened by the trip.[/p][/size][/font][/color]
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