April 24th, the day when China’s first satellite Dong Fang Hong Ⅰ was launched in 1970, was set up as ‘China Aerospace Day’. Approved by the CPC Central Committee and sanctioned by the State Council in March 2016, the intention of ‘China Aerospace Day’ is to commemorate the achievements of China’s space industry and carry forward the Chinese aerospace spirit. This year, in order to celebrate the third ‘China Aerospace Day’ on the theme of ‘building a new era of aerospace with combined efforts’, a series of activities open to the whole school and the public were held in Wuhan University.
These activities comprise of science lectures and an exhibition on the achievements of aerospace technologies in the Wanlin Art Museum. From April 23rdto April 25th, a group of experts on aerospace, including academicians from CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences) & CAE (Chinese Academy of Engineering) and professors from Tsinghua University, gave a series of lectures on aerospace technology and culture.
Ouyang Ziyuan giving a lecture on the Chinese lunar exploration project at Luojia Forum
On April 25th, Ouyang Ziyuan, an academician from CAS, known as the ‘Father of Chang’E’, came to the Luojia Forum and gave a lecture focused on China’s lunar exploration project. He managed to explain esoteric knowledge about lunar exploration in an approachable way and spread the notion of China’s lunar exploration project by interacting with students at the event. He was also awarded the Luojia Forum Memorial by the host of the forum.
A panorama of the exhibition
The achievements of aerospace technologies was exhibited in the Wanlin Art Museum from April 24thto April 28th. Over ten of WHU’s major achievements of aerospace technologies in recent years were displayed in the form of models and descriptions, featuring WHU’s Luojia-1 Satellite, the world’s first professional luminous remote sensing satellite developed by WHU that will soon be launched. Several physical articles were exhibited as well, including the oxygen generator from Tiangong-1, China’s first prototype space station.
The oxygen generator from the Tiangong Ⅰ satellite
Staff members from CASIC (China Aerospace Science & Industry Corporation) and CASC (China Aerospace Science & Technology Corporation) came to visit the exhibition on April 27th. Dou Xiankang, principal of WHU, held a meeting with them.
(Photo from the Internet & by Guo Yutong and Shen Pingbingqing)
(Edited by Xu Yixian, Sun Jingyi, Edmund Wai Man Lai, Liu Jiachen and Liu Xiaoli)
