Zhang Yunwen

Zhang Yunwen

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Senior reporter of people's daily international report, chief reporter in Washington from 1983 to 1989.

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Zhang Yunwen was born in Wuxing, Zhejiang Province in 1930. He entered Zhenhe middle school in 1945 and graduated in 1947. In 1949, he joined the underground Party branch of the Communist Party of China in the First Affiliated College of Shanghai Datong middle school. After graduating in 1950, he studied in Harbin foreign language school (later renamed as foreign language college, now

Heilongjiang University

）。 After graduating from the graduate class in 1954, he stayed in school to teach. He was promoted to lecturer in 1956, and was admitted to the associate doctoral program of modern Russian in the same year. In 1960, he was the director of the Russian teaching and research section of the Graduate Office. In 1961, he was transferred to be the director of the teaching and research section of English major. In 1978, he was the director of English Department of Heilongjiang University. 1979

People's daily

International Department. In 1983, he was appointed chief reporter of people's daily in Washington. In 1987, he was promoted to senior reporter with the approval of the Central Committee for the selection of press titles. In 1989, he returned to the international department to take charge of the work of the international review group. During his stay in the United States and China, Zhang Yunwen wrote hundreds of articles, including communications, reviews, reviews, etc. After his retirement in 1994, he focused on reporting and introducing the latest international financial and information technology trends. Before 1979, he had been engaged in foreign language teaching and research for a long time and published many linguistic translations and academic papers. On January 28, 1986, a special telegram from Washington, D.C., "the explosion of space shuttle Challenger -- seven astronauts all died, President Reagan expresses his mourning" was included in the third volume of junior high school Chinese, a new national textbook. He died in Shanghai on May 9, 2007.

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US space shuttle Challenger exploded after liftoff, seven astronauts all died, President Reagan expressed mourning

(originally published in people's daily on January 30, 1986) our special correspondent Zhang Yunwen reported from Washington on January 28 that at 11:38 EST this morning, the space shuttle Challenger suddenly exploded about one minute and twelve seconds after taking off, killing all seven astronauts on board. This is the most serious accident in the history of American astronautics. It is the first major disaster in space during the 56 manned spaceflight activities of the United States. When Apollo was launched in 1967, there was an explosion on the launching pad, which killed three astronauts. Challenger took off from the Cape Canaveral launch site and exploded when it reached 50000 feet of Florida blue sky at three times the speed of sound. After the explosion, the space shuttle turned into a huge flaming ball, dragging a snake like, then forked flame and yellow white smoke into the Atlantic Ocean 20 miles away from the launch site. Burning pieces of the plane, scattered over the vast sea, lasted for an hour. after the crash of the 1.2 billion dollar space shuttle, the whole country of the United States was shocked. People almost stopped all activities, waiting for detailed information about the disaster. The major TV networks made special reports all day. Flags are flying at half mast in Washington and across the country. The normally brightly lit Empire State Building in New York City turned off its lights that night as a sign of mourning. When President and Mrs. Reagan watched the explosion on TV in the White House, "they were so shocked that they didn't say a word." Mrs. Reagan cried out, "God, it's impossible!" After consulting with congressional leaders, Reagan decided to postpone the scheduled state of the Union address tonight to next Tuesday, and sent Vice President Bush to Florida space center to express sympathy to the families of the victims. The house of Representatives, which was in session, broke off and immediately suspended. The bell tolled for the dead in Washington cathedral. when the audience watching the launch at the Cape Canaveral Space Center today witnessed the tragedy, they were shocked and turned to grief. Many people cried. In a televised address to the nation this evening, President Reagan expressed his grief over the tragic death of seven astronauts. He called the incident a "national loss.". He said: the United States will continue to explore the universe, there will be more space shuttle and astronauts into space. At a press conference held this afternoon, NASA officials announced that an interim investigation team had been set up to start the preliminary investigation work immediately, and a formal investigation committee would be formed within days to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the incident. Meanwhile, the United States sent planes and ships to search for survivors in 160 km long and 80 km wide waters where the space shuttle crashed. As the debris scattered for a long time, rescue workers could only enter the accident site after three hours. NASA officials said that before collecting and thoroughly studying all the data, they did not speculate on the causes of the tragedy and did not express any views. However, according to sources from NASA, NASA experts are focusing on the space shuttle's two solid fuel boosters and the huge main fuel tank. According to experts who have studied the video, the problem may be in the external fuel tank. Two million liters of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen are stored in the fuel tank to propel the shuttle into orbit. During the explosion, the tail of the external fuel tank first ruptured, pushing two solid fuel booster rockets in the opposite direction. Some experts believe that the booster has signs of fuel leakage. One of the seven astronauts on board the challenger was McAuliffe, a female teacher from a high school in New Hampshire. She was the first shuttle crew member from the private sector, selected from 11000 teachers who signed up to apply. She received 120 hours of space training for the flight. She is going to teach her students "space lessons" in orbit. Today, while watching the space shuttle with its teacher in the classroom, the jubilant students suddenly fell into confusion and sorrow. there are four space shuttles in the United States, which have carried out 24 flights so far. The challenger, which has made ten flights in this crash, is the space shuttle with the least technical failures in history. NASA will announce that the cause of the accident has not been identified. the United States is scheduled to launch 15 space shuttles this year, which is "the most important year since the beginning of the space age." Aerospace experts and public opinion generally believe that today's accident is not only a tragedy of the loss of seven astronauts, but also a major setback for the entire U.S. space program, which will greatly delay various space activities, and its long-term impact is hard to estimate.

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