Communist Youth League Press Gangs U.S. Astronaut
Since 2011, the U.S. Congress has barred any cooperation with China in space, forcing the country...
Apr 27, 2016
Since 2011, the U.S. Congress has barred any cooperation with China in space, forcing the country...
Feb 23, 2015
Two mainland Chinese citizens are among the top 100 candidates shortlisted for the Mars One...
Sep 30, 2013
China announced last week that it would hold an international contest to name its first moon...
Sep 19, 2013
According to Xinhua News Agency, China announced its plans on Monday to train foreign astronauts...
Jun 27, 2013
China’s Shenzhou 10 spacecraft successfully touched down in Inner Mongolia on Wednesday, completing a 15-day docking mission with China’s first space station. From Reuters: The Shenzhou 10 spacecraft, China’s...
Jun 20, 2013
After the launch of the Shenzhou 10 on June 11 and the spacecraft’s successful docking with the experimental Tiangong-1 space station/laboratory module two days later, China’s second female astronaut in space Wang...
Jun 11, 2013
China’s Shenzhou (Sacred Vessel) 10 spacecraft launched successfully from its base in the Gobi Desert on Tuesday, carrying three astronauts on a 15 day mission to the orbiting Tiangong (Heavenly Palace) 1 space station....
Nov 11, 2012
As Shenzhou 9 made a triumphant return earlier this year, China is planning to launch Shenzhou 10 in 2013, Reuters reports: The crew could include one female and two male astronauts, who are scheduled to enter the Tiangong 1...
Jun 19, 2012
As China launched and successfully docked it’s first manned spaceship since 2008, the country’s first female astronaut, Liu Yang, joined two other astronauts to carry out their first manned docking mission. The New York Times...
Jun 10, 2012
In accordance with their long-term space plan and planned missions for 2012, China is planning a manned space docking later in June. CNN reports: The Shenzhou-9 was moved to a launch platform Saturday to allow scientists to...
Sep 25, 2007
From New York Times: In March, during an otherwise routine budget hearing, Michael D. Griffin, the NASA administrator, warned members of Congress that China’s aggressive space program could “easily” put humans on the Moon before American astronauts are able return to the lunar surface under the space agency’s proposed Moon-Mars project. The China card can […]