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China looks to expand scope of space operations with Shenzhou 16
May 31, 2023 (XNA)
Yet among the three astronauts aboard Shenzhou XVI, which is taking them to Tiangong, China's space station, is Gui Haichao, a professor from Beihang University...
Astronauts meet in Tiangong space station core module
May 31, 2023 (XNA)
Aboard the Shenzhou XVI spacecraft, mission commander Major General Jing Haipeng, spaceflight engineer Colonel Zhu Yangzhu and Professor Gui Haichao, the missio...
Chinese mission with first civilian reaches space station
May 30, 2023 (AFP)
The world's second-largest economy has invested billions of dollars in its military-run space programme in a push to catch up with the United States and Russia....
China's 'space dream': A Long March to the Moon and beyond
May 30, 2023 (AFP)
It marked the latest space milestone for China, as it looks to catch up with the United States and Russia. Here is a look at the Chinese space programme, and wh...
China launches Shenzhou-16 with first civilian to space station
May 30, 2023 (AFP)
The world's second-largest economy has invested billions of dollars in its military-run space programme in a push to catch up with the United States and Russia....
China's Shenzhou-16 mission takes off bound for space station
May 30, 2023 (AFP)
The world's second-largest economy has invested billions of dollars in its military-run space programme in a push to catch up with the United States and Russia....
China to send first civilian to space on Tuesday: space agency
May 29, 2023 (AFP)
"Payload expert Gui Haichao is a professor at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics," China Manned Space Agency Spokesperson Lin Xiqiang told repor...
China to launch Shenzhou XVI manned spacecraft on Tuesday
May 29, 2023 (SPX)
Marking the inaugural mission for China's third generation of astronauts, this event will also represent the first occasion a Chinese civilian ventures beyond E...
China prepares to send first civilian into space
May 29, 2023 (AFP)
The world's second-largest economy has invested billions of dollars in its military-run space programme, trying to catch up with the United States and Russia af...
Shenzhou XVI mission to launch in days
May 24, 2023 (XNA)
The Shenzhou XVI crewed spacecraft and its carrier, a Long March 2F rocket, were moved to the service tower on Monday at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in ...
China's next space exploration to feature new faces
May 19, 2023 (XNA)
It will become the first crewed mission to the Tiangong station after its completion, which was done through the Shenzhou XIV and XV flights. The Shenzhou XVI c...
Tianzhou Express is online again, with five highlights
May 15, 2023 (SPX)
This launch is significant as the Tianzhou-6 is the fifth cargo spacecraft for the China Space Station and the first to be launched by the manned space station ...
Tianzhou 6 docks with Tiangong space station
May 11, 2023 (XNA)
In a brief news release, the agency said the cargo craft docked with the Tiangong station's rear hatch at 5:16 am and began to fly with the station in a low-Ear...
China's cargo craft Tianzhou 6 ready for launch
May 10, 2023 (XNA)
The launch of Tianzhou 6 will be the first spaceflight since China's space station entered into the application and development stage. The site has completed al...
Tianzhou-5 cargo craft separates from China's space station
May 07, 2023 (SPX)
Tianzhou-5 was launched on November 12, 2022, from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Hainan, a southern province of China. The mission aimed to deliver cru...
Final frontier is no longer alien
May 02, 2023 (XNA)
Adapted from sci-fi author Liu Cixin's novelette of the same title, The Wandering Earth tells a story about how humans build enormous engines to propel the Eart...
China to promote space science progress on five themes
Apr 27, 2023 (XNA)
China is making a national plan suggesting the deployment of more scientific satellites in the country's space program to yield leading breakthroughs globally o...
China to develop satellite constellation for deep space exploration
Apr 27, 2023 (XNA)
Speaking at the First International Deep Space Exploration Conference held in Hefei, the capital of east China's Anhui Province, Wu Yanhua, chief designer of th...
Space exploration for betterment of humankind
Apr 26, 2023 (XNA)
China designated April 24 as Space Day in 2016 to mark the launch of the country's first satellite, Dongfanghong 1 on the same day in 1970. As the backbone of t...
China's space missions break new ground
Apr 26, 2023 (XNA)
In the latest development, water locked in glass beads has been found in lunar samples returned by the Chang'e 5 mission. A study published in Nature Geoscience...
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