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What China's space ambitions have to do with politics
Jun 13, 2017 (Sputnik)
China's space programs topped the What China's Space Ambitions Have to Do With Politicss this week after Chinese authorities unveiled more details of the nation...
China achieves key breakthrough in multiple launch vehicles
Jun 12, 2017 (XNA)
The processes under development include parachute-landing and propulsion-landing, said Lu Yu, director of Science and Technology Committee of the China Academy ...
China to open space station to scientists worldwide
Jun 12, 2017 (XNA)
Wei Chuanfeng, a researcher at the Institute of Manned Space System Engineering under the China Academy of Space Technology, said the China Manned Space Enginee...
Moon or Mars - humanity's next stop
Jun 12, 2017 (XNA)
The statement has inspired ever since. More than 500 astronauts have entered space in the nearly five decades that have followed, and over 10 have landed on the...
China to provide more opportunities to private companies for space exploration
Jun 09, 2017 (XNA)
Tian Yulong, secretary general of the China National Space Administration (CNSA), said that commercial aerospace programs had been carried out in low Earth orbi...
China's space station to help maintain co-orbital telescope
Jun 08, 2017 (XNA)
The telescope will dock with the co-orbital space station for refueling as well as maintenance and exchange, Yang revealed at the ongoing Global Space Explorati...
Reusable craft are in CASIC's plans
Jun 08, 2017 (XNA)
Liu Shiquan, deputy general manager of CASIC, told the 2017 Global Space Exploration Conference, which opened on Tuesday in Beijing, that the cutting-edge space...
China discloses Chang'e 5 lunar probe landing site
Jun 08, 2017 (XNA)
Liu Jizhong, director of China Lunar Exploration and Space Engineering Center of China National Space Administration (CNSA), for the first time disclosed the pr...
China's 1st astronaut details projects for orbital station, manned lunar visit
Jun 08, 2017 (XNA)
Yang Liwei, deputy head of the China Manned Space Agency and the first Chinese astronaut in space, said on the sidelines of the 2017 Global Space Exploration Co...
Spotlight: First China-designed experiment flies to space station
Jun 06, 2017 (XNA)
The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft lifted off on the company's Falcon 9 rocket at 5:07 p.m. EDT (2107 GMT) from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. About 10 mi...
News Analysis: U.S.-China space freeze may thaw with new commercial pathway
Jun 06, 2017 (XNA)
Space cooperation between the United States and China has been a taboo until now. However, the Chinese commercial science project is on board the orbiting outpo...
China willing to cooperate in peaceful space exploration: Xi
Jun 06, 2017 (XNA)
In his letter, Xi said China is willing to enhance cooperation with the international community in peaceful space exploration and development. Hailing the achie...
California Woman Charged for Trying to Hand Over Sensitive Space Tech to China
May 24, 2017 (Sputnik)
"A Pomona woman was arrested this morning on federal charges that accuse her of conspiring to procure and illegally export sensitive space communications techno...
A cabin on the moon? China hones the lunar lifestyle
May 12, 2017 (XNA)
Eight Chinese volunteers will live in "Yuegong-1," a simulated space "cabin" in Beijing for the next year, strengthening China's knowledge and technical know-ho...
China tests 'Lunar Palace' as it eyes moon mission
May 11, 2017 (AFP)
Four postgraduate students from the capital's astronautics research university Beihang entered the 160-square-metre (1,720-square-foot) cabin -- dubbed the "Yue...
China to conduct several manned space flights around 2020
May 01, 2017 (XNA)
"Tianzhou-1, China's first cargo spacecraft, was the last flight mission of the country's manned space program before the construction of a permanent space stat...
Reach for the Stars: China Plans to Ramp Up Space Flight Activity
May 01, 2017 (Sputnik)
Between 2019 and 2022, China seeks to build a massive, 60-ton space station reminiscent of the International Space Station, China Daily reported. Tianzhou-1's r...
China's cargo spacecraft completes in-orbit refueling
Apr 28, 2017 (XNA)
Mastering the technique of refueling in space will help the country to build a permanent space station. China is the third country, besides Russia and the Unite...
Commentary: Innovation drives China's space exploration
Apr 26, 2017 (XNA)
A retrievable scientific research satellite, SJ-10, went into space in April 2016 and completed experiments in microgravity and space life science. Long March-7...
China's Long March-5 Y2 carrier rocket leaves for launch site
Apr 26, 2017 (XNA)
Monday is also China's second Space Day, which was chosen to mark the anniversary of the country's first satellite launch Dongfanghong-1 in 1970. Carried by spe...
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