Shenzhou 12 was successfully launched! China, Russia and Europe joined hands to run to the moon, and the United States was unhappy.

Sixty years ago, the Soviet Union successfully launched the "Oriental 1" manned spacecraft. The spacecraft circled the earth once in an orbit with the highest altitude of 30 1 km. Astronaut Gagarin became the first person to go into outer space in human history and realized his dream of flying into space for thousands of years.

Since then, the progress of human spaceflight has never stopped. Sixty years later, at 9: 22 on June 7, 20021,China's Shenzhou 12 manned spacecraft was successfully launched, sending three astronauts into space. After staying in the core cabin for three months, they will return to the ground. This also means that China people have officially changed from "visitors" to "tenants" in space.

This is the19th mission after the establishment of China's manned spaceflight project, and it is also five years later that China astronauts fly into space again. Shenzhou 12 will complete many "firsts" such as autonomous rapid rendezvous and docking in space, which will surely leave a deep impression on China's space history.

Just as we were excited about China's technological breakthrough, another piece of good news came. The Sino-Russian cooperative plan to establish a lunar research station has already had a preliminary framework, and the European Space Agency may also be involved this time.

At present, the Global Space Exploration Conference is being held in St. Petersburg. Rogozin, president of Russian National Aerospace Group, said at the conference that China and Russia are communicating with many parties to jointly build a lunar research station. At present, Russia also plans to send astronauts to the space station in China, which is part of the cooperation agreement between the two countries.

In March this year, the Chinese and Russian governments signed the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Building an International Lunar Station, which officially opened the cooperation between the two countries on the lunar project.

As we all know, space projects are costly and high in technology. For example, in manned space technology, only China, the United States and Russia have the ability to send astronauts into space, so transnational cooperation is particularly important.

On the issue of cooperation, China and Russia have already offered an olive branch to Europe. Savelyev, vice president of the Russian National Aerospace Group, said at the end of last month that China and Russia have invited the European Space Agency to participate in the project; France also expressed interest in participating in the project.

Obviously, it will upset some people that China and Russia take the lead in cooperating with Europe to establish a lunar station. According to the American character, it is bound to make irresponsible remarks.

At the beginning of the project, the United States also thought about getting involved. Unilaterally declared that the Sino-Russian lunar station project is an "anti-Western alliance". At that time, rogozin retorted that the plan was not aimed at any country and was fair and open to the whole world, but the United States showed no sign of participating except sabotage.

Of course, this is not to say that the United States has no ambition to fly to the moon. On the contrary, the United States has already started relevant plans. For example, the space army, a new service established during the Trump era, is a good example. Although ridiculed by the media and the public, the determination of the United States to participate in the competition can be clearly seen from the space army. Another project supported by the US government is the Artemis project. NASA expects to send the first female astronaut to the moon in 2024. It is planned to start construction of the lunar base in 2028, and the project is expected to cost about $26-28 billion annually.

However, China was banned from participating in NASA projects, and so was the Artemis project. Although Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan and other countries have expressed their participation, this plan is not public. On the contrary, it is more like a tool for the United States to win allies.

The Sino-Russian lunar station project welcomes the extensive participation of all countries in the world. Not to mention technology, from the perspective of uniting all mankind, the United States has once again fallen behind.

The world can't live without the United States, so the United States closed the door of cooperation, which didn't scare anyone, but only seemed narrow-minded. As the successor of Soviet space technology, Russian technology should not be underestimated; In recent years, China's space level has also made great progress. The successful launch of Shenzhou 12 means that China's space industry will enter a new journey.

Sino-Russian cooperation will bring new possibilities for human exploration of space. After all, our journey is a sea of stars.