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China upgrades spacecraft reentry and descent technology
May 28, 2018 (XNA)
Current spacecraft landing methods such as parachute and airbag landings can not satisfy the deceleration needs of heavier manned spacecraft reentry missions, a...
China's Queqiao satellite carries large umbrella into deep space
May 22, 2018 (XNA)
The launch of the satellite Queqiao, or Magpie Bridge, is a key step for China to realize its goal of sending the Chang'e-4 lunar probe to soft-land on the far ...
Russia May Help China Create International Cosmonauts Rehabilitation Center
May 18, 2018 (Sputnik)
"The IMBP [Institute of Biomedical Problems] is ready along with the Chinese side to create a rehabilitation facility for cosmonauts in Sanya in the Hainan prov...
Chinese rewrite record, live 370 days in self-contained moon lab
May 16, 2018 (XNA)
Four students, two males and two females, emerged from the Yuegong-1, or Lunar Palace 1, at Beihang University to the applause of academicians, researchers and ...
Space technologies to protect Shaolin heritage
May 16, 2018 (XNA)
Shaolin abbot Shi Yongxin, in a brown robe, led the delegation to explore the use of rocket technologies to protect the ancient books in the temple, which has a...
Sunrise for China's commercial space industry?
May 14, 2018 (XNA)
A report by Beijing-based investment institution FutureAerospace says more than 60 private Chinese firms have entered the commercial space industry over the pas...
China to Use Soviet Engine to Power Its First Reusable Space Rocket
May 07, 2018 (Sputnik)
Long Lehao of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), revealed the new plans for the Long March 8 medium-lift launcher during a space industry co...
China to launch advanced space cargo transport aircraft in 2019
Apr 30, 2018 (XNA)
The aircraft is being developed using technology such as space inflatable deployment, flexible heat shielding and composite materials, enabling it to have a hig...
Astronauts eye more cooperation on China's space station
Apr 30, 2018 (XNA)
"We would love to have more cooperation with countries and regions devoted to peacefully using outer space, and contribute more to humankind's space exploration...
China outlines roadmap for deep space exploration
Apr 26, 2018 (XNA)
China would launch its first Mars probe in 2020, and it was expected to orbit around, land and put a rover on the Red Planet, Pei told a space conference on Tue...
China's Chang'e-4 relay satellite named Queqiao
Apr 25, 2018 (XNA)
The name was announced by the China National Space Administration (CNSA)Tuesday, China's Space Day. In a Chinese folktale, magpies form a bridge with their wing...
Across China: Rocket launch brings back fortune to locals
Apr 23, 2018 (XNA)
Palm-fringed Hainan is a top destination for tourists because of its tropical weather and beautiful scenery. The launch center at the beachside of Wenchang has ...
China unveils underwater astronaut training suit
Apr 23, 2018 (XNA)
The Astronaut Center of China (ACC) unveiled the suit during a summit on aerospace medical engineering. The ACC has been working on the suit since 2014. The sui...
First China Aerospace Conference to be held on April 24
Apr 23, 2018 (XNA)
More than 2,000 people have signed up for the conference, which will be attended by aerospace professionals from the government, state-owned and private enterpr...
China Space Agency chief says he expects visit by Russia's Roscosmos
Apr 20, 2018 (Sputnik)
"Probably during President [Vladimir] Putin's official visit to China, and probably Roscosmos' delegation will come maybe ahead of him or together," Tian said w...
China to launch Long March-5 Y3 rocket in late 2018
Apr 17, 2018 (XNA)
The Long March-5 Y2 rocket was launched from Wenchang Space Launch Center in the southern province of Hainan on July 2, 2017, but a malfunction happened less th...
The Long Game: China Seeks to Transfer Its Silk Industry to Far Side of the Moon
Apr 17, 2018 (Sputnik)
Just because China's upcoming moon mission is unmanned doesn't mean it will be unoccupied, as - in an effort to test possible self-sustaining biospheres that co...
Flowers on the Moon? China's Chang'e-4 to launch lunar spring
Apr 13, 2018 (XNA)
The probe will carry a tin containing seeds of potato and arabidopsis, a small flowering plant related to cabbage and mustard, and probably some silkworm eggs t...
Defunct Chinese space lab plunges back to Earth over Pacific
Apr 02, 2018 (AFP)
The Tiangong-1 "mostly" burnt up above the vast ocean's central region at 8:15 am (0015 GMT), China's Manned Space Engineering Office said. There was no immedia...
China's 'space dream': A Long March to the moon
Apr 02, 2018 (AFP)
The Tiangong-1 space module, which crashed Monday, was intended to serve as a stepping stone to a manned station, but its problems highlight the difficulties of...
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