Southeast Asia Information Port (www.dnyxxg.com) – According to the Center for Space Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the 2025 China Space Station space science, application experiments, and technology test projects are progressing smoothly. Scientific facilities covering multiple fields, including life sciences, microgravity physics, and new space technologies and applications, have been established, providing crucial support for the implementation of core scientific missions.
In 2025, the space application system will implement 31 new on-orbit scientific and application projects, carrying approximately 867.5 kg of scientific materials, including upbound experimental modules, units, and samples, and 83.92 kg of downbound space science experimental samples. Over 150TB of scientific data has been acquired, and scientific teams in various fields have produced a series of original, cutting-edge, and innovative advances and results, with over 50 authorized patents.
In the field of space life sciences, my country successfully conducted its first mouse space science experiment on the Chinese Space Station. A preliminary life support and experimental technology system for small space mammal experiments, deeply coupled with scientific experiments and engineering implementation ("ground screening - live animal ascent - on-orbit rearing - live animal descent"), has been established, laying an important foundation for future systematic research on the impact of the space environment on mammals.
For the first time internationally, biological research in the submagnetic-microgravity combined space environment of the space station was conducted, revealing the behavioral and genetic changes of animals under this environment. This lays a scientific experimental foundation for ensuring life and health during deep space exploration.
In addition, an in-situ research project on the electrochemical and optical properties of lithium-ion batteries for space applications is also being carried out on the Chinese space station. This research is expected to further advance the fundamental theories of electrochemistry and provide a basis for optimizing current on-orbit battery systems and designing next-generation high-energy-density, high-safety space batteries.
Ba Jin, a senior engineer at the Center for Space Application Engineering and Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, introduced that the future space application system will launch two flagship-level astronomical facilities.
One is the Space Station Survey Telescope, which will be able to make significant scientific discoveries on cosmology, nearby galaxies, and the Milky Way.
The other is the High Energy Cosmic Radiation Detection Facility, which will be able to detect cosmic rays with extremely high sensitivity, further understand dark matter and the origin of cosmic ray acceleration, and gain new and more comprehensive insights into gamma-ray surveys.
