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Medical quarantine over for Shenzhou-10 astronauts
Jul 16, 2013 (XNA)
The three astronauts of China's Shenzhou-10 mission appeared in public on Thursday after they completed their medical quarantine. At the Astronaut Center of Chi...
China's astronauts ready for longer missions
Jul 16, 2013 (XNA)
Chinese astronauts are capable of conducting medium and long-term space missions and enduring the harsh physical conditions involved, a senior astronaut said on...
Chinese probe reaches record height in space travel
Jul 16, 2013 (XNA)
China's space probe Chang'e-2 has flew to an outer space about 50 million km from the Earth, marking a new height in the nation's deep space exploration, Chines...
China's space tracking ship Yuanwang-5 berths at Jakarta for replenishment
Jul 08, 2013 (XNA)
Yuanwang-5, China's latest generation of all-around space tracking ship, arrived at Tanjung Priok Port here Friday for a seven-day in-port rest and replenishmen...
Twilight for Tiangong
Jun 28, 2013 (SPX)
The return to Earth of China's Shenzhou 10 spacecraft has wrapped up an important chapter in spaceflight. China has now completed all crewed activity with Tiang...
China calls for international cooperation in manned space program
Jun 27, 2013 (XNA)
A Chinese astronaut research and training official Wednesday called for international cooperation to promote the development of manned space technologies. China...
China plans to launch Tiangong-2 space lab around 2015
Jun 27, 2013 (XNA)
China will continue to carry out development and construction of space lab and plans to launch Tiangong-2 space lab around 2015, an aerospace official said Wedn...
Home of space dreams
Jun 26, 2013 (XNA)
Shenzhou X manned spacecraft blasted off on June 12 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, which is also home to scientists, soldiers and their families. Zou Hon...
China's Shenzhou-10 spacecraft returns to Earth
Jun 26, 2013 (AFP)
China completed its longest manned space mission Wednesday as its Shenzhou-10 spacecraft and three crew members safely returned to Earth, in a major step toward...
Shenzhou 10 Returns Safely To Earth
Jun 26, 2013 (SPX)
The safe return of the Shenzhou 10 spacecraft has resolved more questions about China's latest astronaut mission. Clearly, Shenzhou 10's expedition to the Tiang...
Xi vows bigger stride in space exploration
Jun 25, 2013 (XNA)
President Xi Jinping said that the Chinese people will take bigger strides in space exploration, during his talk to astronauts aboard the orbiting space module ...
Chinese astronauts manually dock spacecraft
Jun 23, 2013 (AFP)
Three Chinese astronauts on the country's longest manned space mission on Sunday succeeded in manually docking their spacecraft with a module orbiting Earth, st...
China seeks to boost share of satellite market
Jun 21, 2013 (XNA)
China is actively exploring commercial opportunities to boost its share of the global satellite-launching market, in an attempt to challenge US and European dom...
Space lotuses to touch down in Shanghai
Jun 21, 2013 (XNA)
The 50 flowers of 13 varieties grown from seeds that traveled into space will be on show at Guyi Gardens on June 28. "The space lotuses will be a highlight, as ...
China's space program less costly
Jun 21, 2013 (XNA)
China's manned space program has achieved rapid development in a "less costly way," a U.S. astrophysicist said Sunday. "China did a great job in successfully se...
China astronaut teaches lesson from space
Jun 20, 2013 (AFP)
A Chinese astronaut orbiting more than 300 kilometres (186 miles) above the Earth's surface delivered a video class to children across the country on Thursday, ...
Half-Time for Shenzhou 10
Jun 19, 2013 (SPX)
At roughly the halfway point of its mission, the flight of Shenzhou 10 seems to be going well. The spacecraft lifted off beautifully on its first launch attempt...
China's Naughty Space Models
Jun 18, 2013 (SPX)
Bad behaviour by international models keeps the entertainment media richly supplied with stories. Don't worry. This article is about something completely differ...
China's space dream crystallized with Shenzhou-10 launch
Jun 16, 2013 (XNA)
China successfully launched its fifth manned spacecraft late Tuesday afternoon, sending three astronauts on the country's longest space trip. With 10 astronauts...
China astronauts enter space module
Jun 13, 2013 (AFP)
Three Chinese astronauts Thursday entered a space module after carrying out a successful docking manoeuvre, state media said, two days after the launch of the c...
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