中國空間站向世界各國發出合作邀請

China announced last Monday that all member states of the United Nations are welcome to cooperate with China to jointly utilize its future China Space Station (CSS).

上週一，中國宣佈歡迎所有聯合國成員國同中國合作，共同利用未來的中國空間站。

"CSS belongs not only to China, but also to the world," said Shi Zhongjun, China's ambassador to the UN and other international organizations in Vienna.

中國常駐維也納聯合國和其他國際組織代表史忠俊大使表示：“中國空間站不僅屬於中國，也屬於世界。”

"All countries, regardless of their size and level of development, can participate in the cooperation on an equal footing," he said.

他說：“所有國家，不論其大小和發展水平，都能平等地參與到此次合作中來。”

CSS, expected to be launched by 2019, and complete and brought into operation by 2022, will be the world's first space station that is developed by a developing country and open for cooperation with all UN member states.

中國空間站核心艙預計將於2019年發射，2022年建成並投入運營，屆時將成爲首個由發展中國家建造的，且面向聯合國所有會員國開放的空間站。

Consisting of one core module and two experiment modules, CSS will have the capacity to accommodate up to three astronauts at the same time and maximum six during rotation.

由一個核心模塊和兩個實驗艙組成的中國空間站，將有能力同時容納3名宇航員，而在旋轉過程中最多可容納6名宇航員。

Operating in a low-Earth orbit about 400 kilometers above the Earth's surface, CSS will be used in a wide range of research fields, including space medicine, life science, biotechnology, microgravity science, Earth science and space technology.

中國空間站將在距離地表約400千米高的近地軌道上運行，將被廣泛應用於太空醫學、生命科學、生物技術、微重力科學、地球科學和航天技術等研究領域。