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...
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9,000 to be Displaced for Massive Radio Telescope
In March 2011, China began work on what will soon become the world’s largest radio...
Two Chinese Shortlisted for One-Way Tickets to Mars
Two mainland Chinese citizens are among the top 100 candidates shortlisted for the Mars One...
Saying of the Week: Smile in Fountains of Booze
含笑酒泉 (hánxiào jiǔquán) smile in fountains of booze Play on the idiom “die happy,” literally “pass...
Yutu’s Fate Unclear as China’s Space Program Rises
New Scientist’s Jacob Aron reports that China’s Jade Rabbit moon rover has been...
China’s Jade Rabbit in Peril on the Moon
China’s Jade Rabbit lunar rover is in trouble after experiencing mechanical difficulties,...
Chinese Farmers Bombarded by Moon Launch Debris
As China’s Jade Rabbit rover heads on its two-week flight to the moon, parts of the rocket...
China Launches Moon Rover Mission
China has launched its first lunar rover, in an attempt to make the first soft landing on the moon...
India Launches Mars Probe, China Urges Cooperation
With today’s announcement that India launched a probe to Mars, becoming the first Asian...
Surveillance and Space Junk in Tibetan Region
A government white paper insisted this week that there would be no change to Chinese policy on...
China-India Deal Aims to Ease Himalayan Tension
The diplomatic scuffle and military face-off that came when Chinese soldiers allegedly set up camp...
Scientists Boycott NASA Conference Over China Ban
As NASA lies mostly dormant amid the U.S. government shutdown, scientists are challenging a...
China’s Space Program Reaches Out to the World
China announced last week that it would hold an international contest to name its first moon...
China Aims to Train Foreign Astronauts
According to Xinhua News Agency, China announced its plans on Monday to train foreign astronauts...
Shenzhou X Completes Successful Docking Mission
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...
Shenzhou 10 Astronaut Beams Lesson From Space
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...
Shenzhou 10 Spacecraft Launched Successfully
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....
China Readies Shenzhou X for Takeoff
As China prepares to construct its own space laboratory next year, a crew of three Chinese astronauts is preparing to blast off in the Shenzhou X spacecraft for a preliminary mission this month. From the South China Morning...
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