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Backgrounder: China's six manned space missions
Jan 23, 2018 (XNA)
The corps recruited its first batch of 14 taikonauts from the elite pilots of the PLA Air Force in 1998. In 2010, seven more former pilots joined the mission. T...
China to select astronauts for its space station
Jan 23, 2018 (XNA)
Yang Liwei, deputy director of the China Manned Space Agency and the first Chinese astronaut in space, was quoted as saying the selection work will begin soon a...
China to launch first student satellite for scientific education
Jan 19, 2018 (XNA)
The satellite, named after late Premier Zhou Enlai, was sent from its production base in Huai'an Youth Comprehensive Development Base in east China's Jiangsu Pr...
Scientist reveals what is so special about Chines's next moon mission
Jan 08, 2018 (Sputnik)
Radio Sputnik: Please tell us about your radio telescope, which you are planning to send to the Moon. Why is this important? Why are you planning to send it to ...
China's Kuaizhou-11 rocket scheduled to launch in first half of 2018
Jan 02, 2018 (XNA)
The preparation work for the launch has been completed, and the rocket will send six satellites into space in its first mission, said Zhang Di, an official with...
Nation 'leads world' in remote sensing technology
Nov 27, 2017 (XNA)
Remote sensing refers to aerial or satellite-based technologies to detect and measure objects on Earth's surface, atmosphere and oceans. On Tuesday, the Ministr...
China plans for nuclear-powered interplanetary capacity by 2040
Nov 19, 2017 (XNA)
The achievement will be able to support large-scale exploration and development of space resources, and make mining on asteroids and space solar power plants po...
China Expected to Complete First Sea Launch for Commercial Payloads in 2018
Nov 16, 2017 (Sputnik)
Yang made the remarks at an annual academic conference on space science held from November 1 to 2 in Beijing. The service will also be provided in other regions...
China's reusable spacecraft to be launched in 2020
Nov 02, 2017 (XNA)
Unlike traditional one-off spacecraft, the new spacecraft will fly into the sky like an aircraft, said Chen Hongbo, a researcher from the corporation. The space...
Space will see Communist loyalty: Chinese astronaut
Oct 23, 2017 (XNA)
"I'm eager to go to space again, be a pioneer in the battle one more time," said the 51-year-old major general and delegate to the ongoing 19th National Congres...
UN official commends China's role in space cooperation
Oct 03, 2017 (XNA)
Di Pippo made the remarks when having an interview with Xinhua on Wednesday during the 68th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), which opened on Monday i...
China launches three satellites
Oct 02, 2017 (XNA)
The Yaogan-30 01 satellites will conduct electromagnetic probes and other experiments. The launch is the 251st flight mission of the Long March rocket family. S...
Mars probe to carry 13 types of payload on 2020 mission
Oct 02, 2017 (XNA)
"The Mars exploration program is well underway," said Zhang Rongqiao, chief architect of the Mars mission, at the Beijing International Forum on Lunar and Deep-...
China's cargo spacecraft separates from Tiangong-2 space lab
Sep 22, 2017 (XNA)
At 3:29 p.m. on Sunday, the cargo ship started to separate from the space lab under orders from the ground. After separation, it operated at an orbit of about 4...
Work on China's mission to Mars 'well underway'
Sep 20, 2017 (AFP)
The probe will carry 13 types of payload including six rovers, the official Xinhua news agency said. "The Mars exploration programme is well underway," it cited...
Chinese company eyes development of reusable launch vehicle
Sep 19, 2017 (SPX)
Link Space uncovered the design and some basic technical parameters at a recent presentation. The images revealed to the public show that the first stage of the...
Spacecraft passes docking test
Sep 15, 2017 (XNA)
Tianzhou 1 began its approach to the space lab at 5:24 pm and spent six and a half hours for the docking, which was completed at 11:58 pm, the agency said in a ...
China, Russia to Have Smooth Space Cooperation, Says Expert
Aug 31, 2017 (Sputnik)
The bilateral agreement will cover five areas including lunar to deep space exploration, special materials development, collaborations in the area of satellite ...
Kuaizhou-11 to send six satellites into space
Aug 31, 2017 (XNA)
The company announced the news Wednesday at the Third China (International) Commercial Aerospace Forum in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province. The ...
Russia, China May Sign 5-Year Agreement on Joint Space Exploration
Aug 29, 2017 (Sputnik)
The deal would cover five areas, including lunar and deep space exploration, satellite systems, space debris research and Earth remote sensing, CGTN broadcaster...
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