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中国的航天Chinas Space Activities 前 言Introduction 人类的活动范围，经历了从陆地到海洋，从海洋到大气层，从大气层到外层空间的逐步拓展过程。二十世纪五十年代出现的航天技术，开辟了人类探索外层空间活动的新时代。 The scope of mankinds activities has experienced expansion from land to ocean, from ocean to atmosphere, and from atmosphere to outer space. Space technology, which emerged in the 1950s, opened up a new era of mans exploration of outer space. 经过近半个世纪的迅速发展，人类航天活动取得了巨大成就，极大地促进了生产力的发展和社会的进步，产生了重大而深远的影响。Having developed rapidly for about half a century, mankinds space activities have scored remarkable achievements, greatly promoted the development of social productivity and progress, and produced profound and far-reaching effects. 航天技术已成为当今世界高技术群中对现代社会最具影响的高技术之一，Space technology has turned out to be one field of high technology that exerts the most profound influence on modern society. 不断发展和应用航天技术已成为世界各国现代化建设的重要内容。 The continuous development and application of space technology has become an important endeavor in the modernization drive of countries all over the world. 中华民族在人类发展史上曾创造过灿烂的古代文明。The Chinese nation created a glorious civilization in the early stage of mankinds history. 中国最早发明的古代火箭，便是现代火箭的雏形。The gunpowder rocket invented by ancient Chinese was the embryo of modern space rockets. 1949年中华人民共和国成立后，中国依靠自己的力量，独立自主地开展航天活动，于1970年成功地研制并发射了第一颗人造地球卫星。After the Peoples Republic of China was founded in 1949, China carried out space activities on its own, and succeeded in developing and launching its first man-made satellite in 1970. 迄今，中国在航天技术的一些重要领域已跻身世界先进行列，取得了举世瞩目的成就。China has made eye-catching achievements, and now ranks among the worlds most advanced countries in some important fields of space technology. 二十一世纪，中国将从本国国情出发，继续推进航天事业的发展，为和平利用外层空间，为人类的文明和进步作出应有的贡献。In the 21st century, China will continue to promote the development of its space industry in the light of its national situation, and make due contributions to the peaceful use of outer space, and to the civilization and progress of mankind. 在迈进二十一世纪之际，有必要对中国发展航天事业的宗旨原则、发展现状、