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Large number of launches planned
Feb 14, 2023 (XNA)
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the nation's dominant space enterprise, has more than 60 launch missions planned for this year, and it aims to depl...
Chinese astronauts complete first walk outside Tiangong space station
Feb 10, 2023 (UPI)
Chinese astronauts Fei Junlong and Zhang Lu donned the puffy white space suits and exited the station to conduct the 7-hour walk, while the third astronaut, Den...
Shenzhou XV astronauts take their first spacewalk
Feb 10, 2023 (XNA)
During the operation, Fei and Zhang completed several tasks, including installing equipment on the space station's exterior. It was the first spacewalk undertak...
Shenzhou XV astronauts to conduct first spacewalk
Feb 09, 2023 (XNA)
The agency said in a brief news release on Wednesday afternoon the Shenzhou XV astronauts - mission commander Major General Fei Junlong, Senior Colonel Deng Qin...
China's Deep Space Exploration Lab eyes top global talents
Jan 31, 2023 (XNA)
According to the DSEL, the program, funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, aims to attract outstanding young scholars from overseas, who ha...
Chinese astronauts send Spring Festival greetings from space station
Jan 23, 2023 (XNA)
The trio, dressed in blue jumpsuits with dark red patterns, each held a sticker showing their own calligraphy. Two of the stickers were written with the Chinese...
China to launch 200-plus spacecraft in 2023
Jan 20, 2023 (XNA)
The CASC report unveiled plans for the country's space science and technology activities in 2023. It said that the Tianzhou 6 cargo craft, the Shenzhou XVI and ...
China's space industry hits new heights
Jan 17, 2023 (XNA)
After traveling for 15 months in low orbit, about 400 kilometers above the Earth, Tianhe, the space station's core module, received its first long-term companio...
China's first private sector 2023 rocket launch up, up and away
Jan 10, 2023 (XNA)
The Ceres 1 Y5 rocket blasted off at 1:04 pm from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert and placed the satellites into a preset orbit shortly a...
First rocket launch of the New Year leaves Wenchang for space
Jan 10, 2023 (XNA)
The colossal 60.1-meter rocket blasted off at 6:00 am from the coastal launch center, and soon deployed the Shijian 23 and Shiyan 22A and 22B experimental satel...
Space contractors release China's launch plans for 2023
Jan 05, 2023 (XNA)
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the nation's leading space contractor, has more than 50 launch missions planned in 2023, said its annual work repor...
China not in 'space race', industry insiders say
Jan 04, 2023 (XNA)
"We carry out spaceflights to develop high technology and improve economic growth and people's living standard. We don't take part in a space race with any othe...
China's space exploration spurred by helping humanity
Jan 04, 2023 (XNA)
"We carry out spaceflights to develop high technology and improve economic growth and people's living standard. We don't take part in the space race with any ot...
China sets multiple records in space during
Jan 01, 2023 (XNA)
China completed more than 60 space launches this year, a record high. Among these missions, 53 were conducted by the Long March carrier rockets, the country's b...
China's space sector set to rocket into future
Dec 20, 2022 (XNA)
"So many people came to Longlou before the launch of the Wentian space lab. There was 'a mountain of people, a sea of people'. A lot of tourists came to my rest...
Chinese space-tracking ship sets sail for new missions
Dec 20, 2022 (SPX)
The crew members, who will spend the New Year holiday and Spring Festival on this voyage, examined facilities, received training, and replenished supplies befor...
China's space station Tiangong enters new phase of application, development
Dec 12, 2022 (XNA)
"China plans to build the space station into a state-level space lab supporting long astronaut stays and large-scale scientific, technological, and application ...
China's new space station opens for business in an increasingly competitive era of space activity
Dec 12, 2022 (SPX)
On Nov. 29, 2022, the Shenzhou 15 mission launched from China's Gobi Desert carrying three taikonauts - the Chinese word for astronauts. Six hours later, they r...
Nations step up space cooperation
Dec 09, 2022 (XNA)
According to an agreement signed in March 2021 by the Saudi Space Commission and China Manned Space Agency, the Saudi experiment will focus on studying the effe...
China's deep space exploration laboratory eyes top talents worldwide
Dec 06, 2022 (XNA)
Nearly 100 posts are available for strategic scientists, backbone talents, and young talents from home and abroad. Co-established by the CNSA, Anhui province, a...
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