上周一,中国宣布欢迎所有联合国成员国同中国合作,共同利用未来的中国空间站。
China announced last Monday that all member states of the United Nations are welcome to cooperate with China to jointly utilize its future China Space Station (CSS).
中国常驻维也纳联合国和其他国际组织代表史忠俊大使表示:“中国空间站不仅属于中国,也属于世界。”
"CSS belongs not only to China, but also to the world," said Shi Zhongjun, China's ambassador to the UN and other international organizations in Vienna.
他说:“所有国家,不论其大小和发展水平,都能平等地参与到此次合作中来。”
"All countries, regardless of their size and level of development, can participate in the cooperation on an equal footing," he said.
中国空间站核心舱预计将于2019年发射,2022年建成并投入运营,届时将成为首个由发展中国家建造的,且面向联合国所有会员国开放的空间站。
CSS, expected to be launched by 2019, and complete and brought into operation by 2022, will be the world's first space station that is developed by a developing country and open for cooperation with all UN member states.
由一个核心模块和两个实验舱组成的中国空间站,将有能力同时容纳3名宇航员,而在旋转过程中最多可容纳6名宇航员。
Consisting of one core module and two experiment modules, CSS will have the capacity to accommodate up to three astronauts at the same time and maximum six during rotation.
中国空间站将在距离地表约400千米高的近地轨道上运行,将被广泛应用于太空医学、生命科学、生物技术、微重力科学、地球科学和航天技术等研究领域。
Operating in a low-Earth orbit about 400 kilometers above the Earth's surface, CSS will be used in a wide range of research fields, including space medicine, life science, biotechnology, microgravity science, Earth science and space technology.