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China's space tracking ship Yuanwang-3 back from missions
Jul 27, 2022 (XNA)
During the 60-day voyage, the vessel has sailed more than 16,000 nautical miles, completing missions including tracking and monitoring the launch of the Shenzho...
China releases images of Martian satellite
Jul 26, 2022 (XNA)
Phobos and Deimos are two natural satellites of the red planet. Phobos is the larger one with an irregular shape with no atmosphere and the closest satellite to...
Chinese astronauts set up new lab on space station
Jul 25, 2022 (AFP)
The station is one of the crown jewels of Beijing's ambitious space programme, which has landed robotic rovers on Mars and the Moon, and made China only the thi...
China's space station expanding nation technology base
Jul 25, 2022 (XNA)
Zhang Wei, director of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization, said on Sunday in Wenchang, Hainan province, th...
China launches second of three space station modules
Jul 24, 2022 (AFP)
The uncrewed craft, named Wentian, was propelled by a Long March 5B rocket at 2:22 pm (0622 GMT) from the Wenchang launch centre on China's tropical island of H...
China prepares to launch Wentian lab module
Jul 20, 2022 (XNA)
The CMSA added that the Wentian lab module will be launched in the near future at an appropriate time. Various launch function checks and joint tests will be ca...
China's newest research lab prepares launch to space
Jul 20, 2022 (XNA)
The agency said in a brief statement that prelaunch preparations will begin at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in the southernmost island province of Hainan. N...
Third Tianlian II-series satellite launched
Jul 13, 2022 (XNA)
A Long March 3B carrier rocket blasted off at 12:29 am from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern China's Sichuan province and then placed the Tia...
Shenzhou-14 Taikonauts conduct in-orbit science experiments, prepare for space walks
Jul 08, 2022 (XNA)
China's space station is designed to be a versatile space lab, capable of accommodating 25 experiment cabinets for scientific exploration. The China Manned Spac...
Construction of China's first commercial spacecraft launch site starts in Hainan
Jul 07, 2022 (XNA)
As a major project of the Hainan free trade port construction, the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site is committed to becoming world-class, market-oriente...
Wheels on China's Zhurong rover keep stable with novel material
Jul 07, 2022 (XNA)
The researchers from the institute developed the wheels on the rover. The novel material of the wheels is an aluminum matrix silicon carbide composite. Its plas...
Shenzhou XIII astronauts doing well after returning to Earth
Jun 30, 2022 (XNA)
Major General Jing Haipeng, commander of the division, told a news conference at the unit's headquarters in northwestern Beijing on Tuesday that the Shenzhou XI...
Chinese official says its Mars sample mission will beat NASA back to Earth
Jun 22, 2022 (UPI)
Sun Zezhou, the chief designer of China's first Mars mission, Tianwen 1, said in a talk celebrating the 120th anniversary of Nanjing University, that China is r...
China's deep space exploration laboratory starts operation
Jun 16, 2022 (XNA)
Co-established by the CNSA, Anhui Province and the University of Science and Technology of China, the laboratory is headquartered in Hefei, capital city of Anhu...
Shenzhou XIV taikonauts to conduct 24 medical experiments in space
Jun 10, 2022 (XNA)
These space medical experiments are mainly designed to study how the weightless environment and spaceflights affect taikonauts, said Li Yinghui, deputy chief de...
Shenzhou XIV astronauts transporting supplies into space station
Jun 07, 2022 (XNA)
The agency said in a short release on Monday afternoon that the three astronauts - mission commander Senior Colonel Chen Dong, Senior Colonel Liu Yang and Senio...
China discloses tasks of Shenzhou-14 crewed space mission
Jun 06, 2022 (XNA)
The mission will build the space station into a national space laboratory, said Lin Xiqiang, deputy director of the CMSA, at a press conference before the launc...
Three Chinese astronauts arrive at space station
Jun 05, 2022 (AFP)
The trio blasted off in a Long March-2F rocket at 0244 GMT from the Jiuquan launch centre in northwestern China's Gobi desert, reported state broadcaster CCTV. ...
China sends three astronauts to Tiangong Space Station
Jun 05, 2022 (UPI)
The three-person crew launched on the Shenzhou-14 spacecraft from the Jiquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert at 10:44 a.m. local time with the astron...
Three Chinese astronauts dock at space station
Jun 05, 2022 (AFP)
The trio blasted off in a Long March-2F rocket at 0244 GMT from the Jiuquan launch centre in northwestern China's Gobi desert, said broadcaster CCTV. The team i...
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