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China's newest rocket ready for blast-off
Jun 24, 2016 (Sputnik)
China plans to make the first public launch of its new generation space rocket on Saturday. The Chang Zheng 7 or the Long March-7, is a medium-sized liquid fuel...
China's new launch center to get new viewing areas
Jun 23, 2016 (XNA)
China's fourth space launch center at Wenchang in Hainan Province, plans eight launch viewing areas for space fans to observe its maiden launch mission. Compone...
China preparing for new era of space economy
Jun 22, 2016 (XNA)
After six decades of aerospace development, it is high time for China to embrace the new era of space economy, participants at a forum agreed Thursday. During t...
China to send Chang'e-4 to south pole of moon's far-side
Jun 20, 2016 (XNA)
China aims to send the Chang'e-4 lunar probe to land in the south pole region of the far side of the moon in 2018, according to China National Space Administrat...
Experts Fear Chinese Space Station Could Crash Into Earth
Jun 13, 2016 (Sputnik)
Some experts believe China's Tiangong-1 space lab is nearing the end of its life. The problem is, no one's sure where or when it will fall. Nicknamed the Heaven...
Bolivia to pay back loan to China for Tupac Katari satellite
Jun 03, 2016 (XNA)
Bolivia is set to make its fifth loan payment worth 10 million U.S. dollars to the China Development Bank for a satellite China helped the South American countr...
China plans 5 new space science satellites
Jun 03, 2016 (XNA)
China will put into space five new satellites within about five years as part of the country's fast-expanding space science program, a national science chief sa...
Chine's satellite industry eyes global satellite market
Jun 01, 2016 (XNA)
China is likely to be building and supplying at least 10 percent of the world's satellites by 2020, according to a leading space researcher. "A forecast by a fo...
China launches new satellite for civilian hi-res mapping
May 31, 2016 (XNA)
China launched a new civilian high-resolution mapping satellite on Monday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi Province. The 2.7-tonne Ziyuan III ...
Bolivia takes over operations of Chinese-built satellite
May 30, 2016 (XNA)
In a successful transfer of technology, Bolivian personnel have taken over the operations of the country's Chinese-built Tupac Katari satellite, an official sai...
NASA Chief: Congress Should Revise US-China Space Cooperation Law
May 26, 2016 (VOA)
NASA says the U.S. can someday cooperate with China as it did with the Soviet Union on the Apollo-Soyuz joint project in 1975. Responding to questions Monday at...
China mulls teaming up with foreign agencies to explore Moon
May 26, 2016 (Sputnik)
China is considering cooperating with other countries on Moon exploration, the deputy chief of China's National Space Administration (CNSA) said Wednesday. "A s...
China's new launch center prepares for maiden mission
May 24, 2016 (XNA)
China's fourth space launch center, the Wenchang satellite launch center in southern Hainan Province, is preparing for its maiden launch mission. Components of ...
China, U.S. hold first dialogue on outer space safety
May 16, 2016 (XNA)
China and the United States have held their first dialogue here on outer space safety. During the dialogue on Tuesday the two sides exchanged views on issues su...
Long March-7 rocket delivered to launch site
May 10, 2016 (XNA)
China's new-generation Long March-7 rocket departed for its launch base in Hainan on Sunday from north China's port of Tianjin. It has taken researchers eight y...
China's space technology extraordinary, impressive says Euro Space Center director
May 04, 2016 (XNA)
In recent years, the development of China's space technology is "extraordinary, impressive", which is favorable to build, together with other countries, a bette...
South China city gears up for satellite tourism
Apr 28, 2016 (XNA)
South China's Wenchang City in Hainan Province is preparing to welcome rocket-watching tourists to the country's fourth space launch center. The city has comple...
China can meet Chile's satellite needs: ambassador
Apr 28, 2016 (XNA)
Chile should consider China as a potential service provider as the South American country needs to replace its sole satellite, said Chilean ambassador to China ...
China launches Kunpeng-1B sounding rocket
Apr 28, 2016 (Sputnik)
China has successfully launched the Kunpeng-1B sounding rocket from a launch pad in Danzhou City in the southern Chinese Hainan Province. The research rocket, w...
China's top astronaut goes to space camp
Apr 26, 2016 (XNA)
Liu Wang, one of China's leading astronauts, visited a high school in Beijing Friday and shared his experiences ahead of April 24 celebrations of the launch of ...
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