Fifty years ago, China launched (发射) its first satellite (人造卫星), Dongfanghong 1. To mark its 50th anniversary, China announced (宣布) the name for its Mars (火星) planetary exploration (探测) program on April 24.
The mission (任务), Tianwen (天问), g【小题1】its name from a long poem Tianwen written by Qu Yuan, a famous p【小题2】of the Warring States Period. In the poem, Qu raised a s【小题3】of questions about the sky, stars, natural myths and the real world, showing his doubts on traditional ideas and his pursuit (追求) of truth.
China has made great progress in space exploration. In 1970, China launched its first man-made Earth satellite, becoming the f【小题4】country in the world to launch man-made satellites independently (独立地) after the Soviet Union, the USA, France and Japan. O【小题5】the past few years, China’s missions, including the Shenzhou and Change’s series were designed to explore outer space.
This time, the Tianwen series will c【小题6】out the first Mars exploration mission in 2020. Experts consider it the start of China’s exploration of Mars.
Tianwen represents (体现) Chinese people’s p【小题7】of truth, the country’s cultural inheritance (继承) to explore nature and the universe, as w【小题8】as the unending explorations in science and technology.
Indeed, with the name’s deep roots (根源) in Chinese traditional culture (文化), it has been widely accepted among the p【小题9】. Tianwen shows the determination (决心) and perseverance (坚持) of Chinese people to move f【小题10】into deep space.
