14 神州13号-2022年高考英语最新热点时文阅读

2022年高考最新热点时文阅读-神州13号 01 （2022·黑龙江·虎林市实验高级中学高三期末）China launches Shenzhou 13 astronauts on historic mission to new space station The nation’s Shenzhou 13 spacecraft was launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert today , rising off the pad (发射台) atop (在……顶上) a Long March 2F rocket at 00:23 Oct. 16 local time. Shenzhou 13 and its three passengers — commander Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu — are headed toward Tianhe, the core module (舱) of the Tiangong space station that China is building in low Earth orbit. After reaching orbit, Zhai reported the crew was doing fine and all systems were nominal . Tianhe has only been aloft (在高空中) since April, but the module has already hosted one crewed visit — Shenzhou 12, which was launched in June and returned to Earth last month. The three-month mission was China’s longest-duration human spaceflight to date, but Shenzhou 13 will wreck that record, racking up six months aboard Tianhe (“Harmony of the Heavens”). Shenzhou