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China says Earth-bound space lab to offer 'splendid' show
Mar 30, 2018 (AFP)
China's space agency said Thursday that the roughly eight-tonne Tiangong-1 will re-enter the atmosphere some time between Saturday and Monday. The European Spac...
Tiangong-1 expected to burn up on reentering atmosphere
Mar 28, 2018 (XNA)
Analysis from Beijing Aerospace Control Center shows that Tiangong-1 will reenter the Earth's atmosphere between March 31 and April 4. Tiangong-1 orbited at an ...
Earth-bound Chinese spacelab plunging to fiery end
Mar 27, 2018 (AFP)
"It will mostly burn up due to the extreme heat generated by its high-speed passage through the atmosphere," it said in a statement. Some debris from the Tiango...
Chang'e-4 Lunar Probe will Reach the Far Side of the Moon
Mar 22, 2018 (SPX)
"We plan to launch Chang'e-4 lunar probe in the second half of 2018. This will be the first time for a lunar probe to land on the far side of the Moon. Chang'e-...
China to launch Long March-5B rocket next year
Mar 21, 2018 (XNA)
The new generation of carrier rocket, the Long March-5B, has entered the model testing phase in preparation for space station missions. Developed by the CAST, t...
China plans to develop a multipurpose, reusable space plane
Mar 18, 2018 (XNA)
The reusable spacecraft can transport people or payloads in orbit from any airport and return to earth, CCTV reported. Unlike rockets which have to be recycled,...
China moving ahead with plans for next-generation X-ray observatory
Mar 08, 2018 (UPI)
As reported by Science this week, scientists at China's National Space Science Center are honing in on the final iteration of their design for the X-Ray Timing ...
Satellite will test plan for global China led satcom network
Mar 06, 2018 (XNA)
Zhang Zhongyang, president of the CASIC Second Academy, said engineers are assembling the satellite and plan to place it into a low-Earth orbit before the end o...
China to launch Long March-5B rocket in 2019
Mar 06, 2018 (XNA)
The rocket will help carry the core module and experiment modules to China's space station. The Long March-5B carrier rocket will undergo testing in March in pr...
China plans rocket sea-launch
Mar 02, 2018 (XNA)
Yang Yiqiang, commander-in-chief of the Long March-11 rockets project of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, said that 2018 would see five l...
China speeds up research, commercialization of space shuttles
Feb 26, 2018 (XNA)
"The Yuanzheng rocket upper stage family will have a new member, Yuanzheng-1S, this year, serving launches for low and medium Earth orbit satellites," said Wang...
Long March rockets on ambitious mission in 2018
Feb 15, 2018 (XNA)
The year 2018 will be an ambitious year for China's space program, with the largest number of Long March rocket launches. According to Cen Zheng, rocket system ...
Chinese taikonauts maintain indomitable spirit in space exploration: senior officer
Feb 09, 2018 (XNA)
Zhang made the remarks at a seminar while listening to reports delivered by Chinese taikonauts Jing Haipeng, Liu Yang and Deng Qingming about their work over th...
China launches first shared education satellite
Feb 06, 2018 (XNA)
The 3-kg CubeSat (100 * 100 * 340mm), Young Pioneer 1, enters an orbit of 502 km above the Earth. The rocket also carried Zhangheng 1, an electromagnetic satell...
China's first X-ray space telescope put into service after in-orbit tests
Feb 01, 2018 (XNA)
It embodies a new phase of China's high-energy astronomy research, according to the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defens...
China's first successful lunar laser ranging accomplished
Jan 29, 2018 (XNA)
Based on the signals of laser pulses reflected by the lunar retro-reflector planted by the U.S. manned mission Apollo 15, the applied astronomy group from the Y...
Yang Liwei looks back at China's first manned space mission
Jan 24, 2018 (XNA)
"I thought I'd die in that 26 seconds," China's first taikonaut Yang told Xinhua, revealing details of the country's first manned space mission, Shenzhou-5, in ...
Space agency to pick those with the right stuff
Jan 23, 2018 (XNA)
Yang Liwei, deputy director of the China Manned Space Agency and the first Chinese astronaut in space, said the selection work will begin soon and that Chinese ...
China Focus: The making of heroes - the women and men of China's space program
Jan 23, 2018 (XNA)
Zhang, one of the 14 pilots recruited as China's first batch of taikonauts, was 32 when he joined the Taikonaut Corps of People's Liberation Army at its foundin...
No space for China's stay-at-home taikonauts
Jan 23, 2018 (XNA)
Deng is a taikonaut who has never been to space. He was backup to commander Jing Haipeng in Shenzhou-11 mission. He dried his face and returned to the table, wh...
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