The robotic arm of the Chinese space station has made great achievements, and the standard load of the space station has been successfully released from the module for the first time: the energy particle detector has now been installed outside the experim

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen grass Luo Yuzi for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com, January 8, according to the latest news from the National Space Science Center, on January 7, the energy particle detector in the experimental module of the space station was grabbed by a robotic arm from the cargo airlock and installed to the established extravehicular exposure platform.

Officials say it is of great significance for the energy particle detector to complete its first extravehicular mission and will accumulate rich experience and first-hand data for the new process and operating rules for the standard load of China's space station to pass through the cargo airlock module.

According to reports, the energy particle detector in the space station is independently developed by the National Space Science Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the new material CLYC (Cs2LiYCl6:Ce) has been applied in the field of space exploration for the first time in the world, breaking through the key technology of CLYC detection and realizing efficient neutron measurement and high-precision n / γ discrimination.

CTOnews.com learned that the energy particle detector can be used to monitor the energy, flux and direction of high-energy proton electrons, heavy ions and neutrons in the orbit of the space station, as well as the radiation LET spectrum and dose rate produced by them, which provides key reference parameters for the safety of the space station, astronauts leaving the module, space materials and biological experiments, and is of great scientific research and application value.