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China's test spacecraft simulates orbital docking
Mar 09, 2015 (XNA)
China has run tests close to the moon simulating an unmanned docking procedure needed in the country's next lunar mission. The service module of the unmanned lu...
China at technical preparation stage for Mars, asteroid exploration
Mar 05, 2015 (XNA)
China has been researching the technical feasibility of exploring Mars and asteroids, a top space scientist and national political advisor revealed on Tuesday. ...
China's moon rover Yutu functioning but stationary
Mar 04, 2015 (XNA)
China's first lunar rover Yutu (the Jade Rabbit) is still working but cannot move, a scientist with the lunar probe mission told Xinhua. The rover, named after ...
Argentina welcomes first Chinese satellite tracking station outside China
Feb 27, 2015 (Sputnik)
Argentina is to become the location of the first Chinese satellite tracking station outside the country the newspaper La Manana De Cordoba reported on Thursday....
More Astronauts for China
Jan 26, 2015 (SPX)
The next Chinese crewed space mission won't fly until 2016. China is expected to send a crew of three astronauts to the Tiangong 2 space laboratory, which is ex...
China launches the FY-2 08 meteorological satellite successfully
Jan 02, 2015 (SPX)
China successfully launched meteorological satellite Fengyun-2 08 at 9:02 am on December 31, 2014, from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province. FY-...
Countdown to China's new space programs begins
Dec 09, 2014 (XNA)
China hopes to put a rover on Mars around 2020, complete a manned space station around 2022 and test a heavy carrier rocket around 2030, a top space scientist r...
China develops new rocket for manned moon mission: media
Dec 08, 2014 (AFP)
China is developing a huge rocket that will be used for its first manned mission to the moon, state media said Monday, underscoring Beijing's increasingly ambit...
China's Long March puts satellite in orbit on 200th launch
Dec 07, 2014 (AFP)
China Sunday put into orbit a satellite jointly developed with Brazil after the 200th launch of its Long March rocket family, state media reported. The Long Mar...
Service module of China's returned lunar orbiter reaches L2 point
Dec 01, 2014 (XNA)
The service module belonging to China's unmanned lunar orbiter has reached the Earth-Moon second Lagrange Point (L2), the State Administration of Science, Techn...
China Launches Second Disaster Relief Satellite
Nov 25, 2014 (Sputnik)
The satellite was launched into orbit at 2:37 p.m. local time Friday (06:37 GMT) from China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, the news agency reported. Kuaizho...
China expects to introduce space law around 2020
Nov 19, 2014 (XNA)
China will always abide by international space law and is making great efforts to introduce its own laws in 2020, the China National Space Administration (CNSA)...
China plans to launch about 120 applied satellites
Nov 12, 2014 (XNA)
China will launch around 120 more applied satellites to accommodate economic and social needs, a senior executive of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp...
China publishes Earth, Moon photos taken by lunar orbiter
Nov 11, 2014 (XNA)
China on Monday published photos of the Earth and Moon together taken by the orbiting service module of the country's returned unmanned lunar orbiter. The photo...
Mars probe to debut at upcoming air show
Nov 10, 2014 (XNA)
China Aerospace Science and Technology announced Thursday that it would put a selection of the latest space achievements, including the Mars probe, on display a...
China to build global quantum communication network in 2030
Nov 04, 2014 (XNA)
China will build a global quantum communication network by 2030, said a leading Chinese quantum physicist on Sunday. "China's quantum information science and te...
China's Lunar Orbiter Makes Safe Landing, First in 40 Years
Nov 04, 2014 (RIA Novosti)
China's maiden lunar orbiter has successfully flown around the far side of the Moon and made a safe landing on Saturday, in what is the first mission of the kin...
China completes first mission to moon and back
Nov 01, 2014 (AFP)
China completed its first return mission to the moon early Saturday with the successful re-entry and landing of an unmanned probe, state media reported, in the ...
China's First Lunar Return Mission A Stunning Success
Nov 01, 2014 (SPX)
The successful return of China's first circumlunar spacecraft has been somewhat downplayed by the media. Part of this is sadly due to the tragic loss of Space S...
China's Main Competitor in Space Exploration is India, Not Russia
Oct 29, 2014 (RIA Novosti)
China's principal competitor in space exploration is India, not Russia, researcher at the Russian Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies Vasily Kash...
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