During the flight experiments of China's manned space mission, the spacecraft application system has fully realized all preset goals. After 10-odd years' hard work and a great deal of experiments, more than one thousand researchers from 40 research institutes have accomplished tasks in space science and application of the phase 1 of China's manned spaceflight project.

The spacecraft application system is the project that has the biggest scale and involves most fields in China's space mission project. Its major task is carrying out earth observation and experiments in space. In phase 1 of China's manned spaceflight project, Chinese scientists have made breakthroughs in more than 70 key technologies, carried out researches on 80-odd subjects, accomplished 28 flight tests, developed 185 new space payload, built application center for payload and created conditions for experiments, and obtained more than 100 new techniques and methods with independent intellectual property.

More than 30 research institutes of the Chinese Academy of Science and 10 other units of the China Aerospace Science & Industry Corp, State Oceanic Administration, and State Metrological Administration have participated in the research of the spacecraft application system.

By People's Daily Online