China plans more Moon missions after finding new lunar mineral

China plans more Moon missions after finding new lunar mineral

China plans to launch three unmanned missions to the moon over the next 10 years, as it seeks to rival the US in the new era of space exploration. China’s National Space Administration, its equivalent of NASA, received approval to send three orbiters to the moon as part of the Chang’e lunar program, said Liu […]

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China closely tracking debris of its most powerful rocket

China closely tracking debris of its most powerful rocket

Remnants of a large, newly launched Chinese rocket are expected to streak back through the atmosphere this coming weekend in an uncontrolled re-entry the Beijing government said on Wednesday would be closely tracked but poses little risk to anyone on the ground. The Long March 5B rocket blasted off Sunday to deliver a laboratory module […]

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China closely tracking debris of its most powerful rocket

China launches second space station module, Wentian

China on Sunday launched the second of three modules to its permanent space station, in one of the final missions needed to complete the orbiting outpost by year’s end. A live feed on state broadcaster CCTV showed the 23-tonne Wentian (“Quest for the Heavens”) laboratory module launching on the back of China’s most powerful rocket, […]

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Heads up, again: China set to launch space station module with giant rocket

Heads up, again: China set to launch space station module with giant rocket

Another big Chinese rocket is about to go up Sunday, and once again, no one knows where or when it will come down. It will be a replay of two earlier launches of the same rocket, the Long March 5B, which is one of the largest currently in use and designed to carry massive modules […]

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China’s Tianwen-1 orbiter has mapped the entire surface of Mars

China’s Tianwen-1 orbiter has mapped the entire surface of Mars

China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced this week that the orbiter and rover of the country’s Tianwen-1 probe have both completed their targeted scientific exploration missions. After operating for 706 days and circling the red planet over 1,344 times, the orbiter of Tianwen-1 has acquired medium-resolution image data that covers the whole globe of Mars. […]

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