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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