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China is using mythology and sci-fi to sell its space program to the world
Jun 29, 2021 (SPX)
China's construction of its own space station stems from the nation's exclusion from the International Space Station, a result of US concerns over technology tr...
China building new space environment monitoring station
Jun 28, 2021 (XNA)
The NSSC, which is affiliated to Chinese Academy of Sciences, said the station is being built in Siziwang Banner, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region...
How does China's urine recycling system work in space
Jun 24, 2021 (XNA)
Chinese scientists have devised a system to recycle water from the urine, breath and sweat produced by astronauts in space, which could save up to 100 million y...
Xi lauds 'new horizon' for humanity in space chat with astronauts
Jun 23, 2021 (AFP)
The trio blasted off on a Long March-2F rocket from northwest China's Gobi desert last Thursday, docking around seven hours later at the Tiangong space station,...
Fresh group of astronauts readying for orbit
Jun 18, 2021 (XNA)
Currently, the Astronaut Center of China in Beijing is training the third group of Chinese astronauts. The 18 new astronauts-17 men and one woman-are in three g...
Astronauts board China's new space station for first time
Jun 18, 2021 (XNA)
Major General Nie Haisheng, Major General Liu Boming and Senior Colonel Tang Hongbo floated into the core module, named Tianhe, or Harmony of Heavens, at 6:48 p...
Astronauts arrange new 'home' in space
Jun 18, 2021 (XNA)
As soon as the three crew members-Major General Nie Haisheng, Major General Liu Boming and Senior Colonel Tang Hongbo-floated into the core module, named Tianhe...
Successful program ignited by modest spark of an idea
Jun 18, 2021 (XNA)
At that time, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the country's top scientific body, had formed a panel of distinguished scientists to discuss the research and dev...
Rocket blasts off carrying first Chinese crew to new space station
Jun 17, 2021 (AFP)
The trio launched on a Long March-2F rocket for the Tiangong station, where they will spend three months, in a much-anticipated blast-off broadcast live on stat...
First astronauts arrive at China's space station
Jun 17, 2021 (AFP)
The trio blasted off on a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan launch centre in northwest China's Gobi desert, and their craft docked at the Tiangong station a...
Commander takes place in China's space history
Jun 16, 2021 (XNA)
Nie is commander of the three-member crew of the Shenzhou XII mission, which will be lifted into orbit by a Long March 2F carrier rocket at the Jiuquan Satellit...
China in space for cooperation, not zero-sum race
Jun 16, 2021 (XNA)
It has been almost five years since China sent its taikonauts into space last time. During the current mission, the Chinese astronauts, the first visitors to th...
China to send 3 astronauts to space station
Jun 16, 2021 (XNA)
Ji Qiming, assistant to the director of the China Manned Space Agency, told reporters at a news conference on Wednesday at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center i...
Chinese rocket with manned crew to blast off Thursday
Jun 16, 2021 (AFP)
The mission will be China's longest crewed space mission to date and the first in nearly five years, as Beijing pushes forward with its ambitious programme to e...
Stringent training will help fulfill spacewalk mission
Jun 16, 2021 (XNA)
"Compared with the extravehicular operation in the Shenzhou VII mission, extravehicular activities in this coming mission will be much longer and more sophistic...
China ready to launch first crew to new space station
Jun 15, 2021 (AFP)
The mission is China's first crewed spaceflight in nearly five years, and a matter of prestige for the government as it prepares to mark the 100th birthday of t...
China making plans for future space exploration: official
Jun 14, 2021 (XNA)
Xu Hongliang, a spokesperson of the CNSA, said at a press conference held in Beijing that about the year 2025 China plans to launch a probe to collect samples f...
Rover leaves 'China's imprint' on Mars
Jun 11, 2021 (AFP)
Zhurong's touchdown in May was the first ever successful probe landing by any country on its first Mars mission -- a milestone in China's ascent to space superp...
Effective power supply energizes China's space station project
Jun 11, 2021 (XNA)
China sent into space the Tianhe module on April 29, kicking off a series of key launch missions that aim to complete the construction of the space station by t...
Manned space mission preps for takeoff
Jun 10, 2021 (SPX)
A Long March 2F carrier rocket with the Shenzhou XII spacecraft on top of it was moved to its launch pad at the space complex on Wednesday evening, according to...
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