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ESA and Chinese astronauts train together
Aug 28, 2017 (ESA)
Returning from space, astronauts need to be prepared for any eventuality - including landing in water. Sea survival is a staple of all training but this is the ...
To boldly go where no startup has gone before
Aug 28, 2017 (XNA)
A satellite the size of a teakettle will be launched into space by the end of this year. Once the cubesat starts circling the earth at tens of thousands of kilo...
China's satellite sends unbreakable cipher from space
Aug 14, 2017 (XNA)
The achievement based on experiments conducted with the world' s first quantum satellite, Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS), was published in the autho...
Xian Satellite Control Center resolves over 10 major satellite faults in 50 years
Aug 14, 2017 (XNA)
Founded in 1967, the center is tasked with routine telemetry, orbit control and breakdown diagnosis and maintenance of satellites. In one case, the center succe...
China develops sea launches to boost space commerce
Jul 10, 2017 (XNA)
Tang Yagang, vice head of the aerospace division of the No.1 institute of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC), said that the technolo...
Chinese Space Program: From Setback, to Manned Flights, to the Moon
Jul 07, 2017 (Sputnik)
Sunday's launch of the Changzheng 5 (Long March 5) heavy-lift rocket from the Wenchang space center on Hainan Island, already the second since November 2016, br...
Chinese Rocket Fizzles Out, Puts Other Launches on Hold
Jul 07, 2017 (Sputnik)
The LM-5 rocket carrying the Shijan-18 telecommunications satellite lifted off from the Wenchang space center on Hainan Island, at 19:23 local time [11:23 GMT] ...
Chinese satellite Zhongxing-9A enters preset orbit
Jul 07, 2017 (XNA)
Abnormal performance was identified during the third phase of the Long March-3B launch, which failed to deliver the satellite as planned. The satellite conducte...
China heavy-lift carrier rocket launch fails: state media
Jul 02, 2017 (AFP)
The Long March-5 Y2, Beijing's second heavy-lift rocket, blasted off at 7:23 pm (1123 GMT) Sunday from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in the tropical island p...
Yuanwang-3 completes ship check mission, ready for Chang'e-5 lunar probe launch
Jul 02, 2017 (XNA)
The ship will take part in six maritime space monitoring missions as a part of the space expeditions scheduled for the second half of the year, which will inclu...
China prepares to launch second heavy-lift carrier rocket
Jul 01, 2017 (AFP)
Designed to lift space station components, deep-space probes and communication satellites into orbit, the Long March-5 Y2 is Beijing's second heavy-lift rocket ...
China to launch Long March-5 Y2 in early July
Jun 27, 2017 (XNA)
Carrying Shijian-18 communication satellite, the rocket was vertically transferred to the launch area at Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China's Hainan Pr...
With a Strong Partner Like Russia, Nothing Would Stop China's New Space Station
Jun 23, 2017 (Sputnik)
Speaking to journalists Monday on the sidelines of the international aviation show in Le Bourget, France, Komarov said that "they [the Chinese] have made an off...
China's cargo spacecraft completes second docking with space lab
Jun 21, 2017 (XNA)
Tianzhou-1 separated from Tiangong-2 on Monday morning and remained at distance of five kilometers behind the space lab for about 90 minutes. Then, it was comma...
New broadcasting satellite fails to enter preset orbit
Jun 20, 2017 (XNA)
Abnormal performance was identified during the third phase of the rocket launch, said the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) Monday. The ...
China to launch four more probes before 2021
Jun 19, 2017 (XNA)
The China-Italy Electromagnetic Monitoring Experiment Satellite will be launched this August to study phenomena related to earthquakes from space. The China-Fra...
Commsat aims high with satellite system launch
Jun 16, 2017 (XNA)
Beijing-based private company Commsat Technology Development Co Ltd said that from 2018 to 2020, it will position 60 satellites at six different orbits, about 6...
China launches remote-sensing micro-nano satellites
Jun 16, 2017 (XNA)
The OVS-1A and the OVS-1B, the first two satellites of Zhuhai-I remote-sensing micro-nano satellite constellation, are expected to improve the monitoring of geo...
China's cargo spacecraft completes second in-orbit refueling
Jun 16, 2017 (XNA)
The second refueling, lasting about two days, further tested the country's refueling technology and cemented technical results from the first refueling. Tianzho...
Seeds of 5,000-year-old tree bud after returning from space
Jun 14, 2017 (XNA)
Twenty-eight seeds had sprouted by the end of May, Zhao Xia, from the rare tree germ plasm resources group, said Monday. The seedlings are now between three to ...
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