The Shenzhou-19 spaceship carrying three of China’s youngest taikonauts successfully launched and docked with China’s Tiangong space station this week. The mission follows the return of China’s sample-bearing lunar probe from...
This week, China’s lunar probe returned to Earth with the first ever samples from the surface of the far side of the moon. This historic feat is a milestone for China’s space program, but it has provoked anxiety among U.S....
Since 2011, the U.S. Congress has barred any cooperation with China in space, forcing the country...
Two mainland Chinese citizens are among the top 100 candidates shortlisted for the Mars One...
China announced last week that it would hold an international contest to name its first moon...
According to Xinhua News Agency, China announced its plans on Monday to train foreign astronauts...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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 […]
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