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Chinese astronauts in space receive first e-mail from Earth | Astronauts in the orbiting lab module
Tiangong-1 received their first e-mail from Earth on Tuesday afternoon, the Beijing
Aerospace Control Center (BACC) confirmed. The e-mail containing photos, text
and videos was sent through a special communication channel between the control
center and the lab module, a statement from the center said. Through this communication
channel, astronauts can maintain instant contact with Earth, which facilitates
their work and contributes to the quality of their spare time, the statement said.
The three astronauts, including the country's first female in space,entered the
cabin of the Tiangong-1 on Monday afternoon, becoming the first group of Chinese
to enter an orbiter in space, shortly after a successful automatic docking procedure
between the orbiter and the Shenzhou-9 spaceship. Deng Yibing, chief engineer
of the astronaut training center, told Xinhua that the astronauts had been busy
checking the facilities and doing experiments over the past day. The environment
inside the orbiter has been quite comfortable, with the temperature at 22 to 23
degrees Celsius and the humidity at 40 percent, Deng said. Although they experience
16 sunrises and sunsets every 24 hours as the orbiter circles Earth every 90 minutes,
astronauts wake up and rest in line with Earth time. "They got up at 6 a.m. Beijing
Time today and will go to bed in the evening," Deng said. One will remain on duty
while the others sleep, and the three will take turns sleeping, he said.
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