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28 May 2009
China Looking Towards Manned Lunar Landing
A Chinese space scientist said that his country is considering the feasibility of a manned lunar landing mission sometime between 2025 and 2030. China is also planning a sample return mission to the Moon by 2017, said Ye Peijian, chief designer of the China’s Chang’e Project. “Through the development of lunar probes, we [...]
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13 April 2009
Will US Astronauts Ride Chinese Rockets?
The White House is reviewing possible options where NASA astronauts could catch rides to the International Space Station on Chinese rockets, according to an article in the Huntsville (Alabama) Times. The Times quoted President Barack Obama’s new science adviser, John Holdren, in an interview last week that using the Chinese National Space Agency’s Shenzhou spacecraft [...]
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01 March 2009
Chang'e 1 Bites the (Moon) Dust
Chang'e-1, China's first lunar probe successfully concluded its mission early March 1 by impacting the surface of the Moon at 8:13 GMT. The satellite conducted a 16-month mission, mapping and creating three-dimensional images of the lunar surface. The planned impact was designed to help China gather experience for landing a [...]
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27 September 2008
China's First Spacewalk a Success (Video)
It's official, China has become the third nation to successfully carry out a spacewalk in Earth orbit. Fighter pilot Zhai Zhigang was the first to exit the Shenzhou-7 module at 16:30 Beijing Time (08:30 GMT), as the Chinese space agency streamed live video of the event. Zhai lifted himself through the hatch and waved at [...]
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25 September 2008
China Launches Manned Spacecraft
China successfully launched its third manned spacecraft today with three astronauts on board. During the mission, they will attempt the country's first-ever space walk. The Long March II-F rocket carrying the Shenzhou-7 spacecraft blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern Gansu Province at 9:10 p.m. local time. [...]
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10 September 2008
China To Launch Manned Mission This Month
China will launch its third manned space mission in late September, sending three astronauts into Earth orbit. The mission will feature China's first-ever space walk, according to the Xinhua News Agency, the official news agency of China. The Shenzhou 7 launch will be sometime between Sept. 25 and 30, from the Jiuquan [...]
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12 August 2008
The Chinese "Weather Manipulation Missile" Olympics
One thing is for certain, the Chinese cannot be accused of being subtle when it comes to insuring good weather for the biggest party on Earth. Sounding like a military operation, the Chinese government authorized the use of 1,104 cloud seeding missile launches from 4:00-11:39pm on Friday night to remove the threat of rain ahead [...]
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27 May 2008
China Launches Second Olympic Satellite; Will Help Earthquake Zone
China is stepping up its preparations for this year's Olympics to be held in the Chinese capital, Beijing. Concern is growing for the start of the games this summer as early August is known to be a wet period in the region. More advanced weather satellites are therefore being sent into orbit to aid the [...]
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08 January 2008
China Plans for Big Year in Space
China is hoping to launch 15 rockets, 17 satellites and its third manned mission in 2008. This is an ambitious manifest for any country, and it appears the country hopes to take its global emergence to new heights in a year in which it will also host the summer Olympics.
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07 November 2007
Is China Building a Space Station?
There are mixed reports coming out of China on their plans to loft a space station by 2020. A Chinese aerospace engineer, Long Lehao, mentioned to journalists that the China National Space Administration was planning to build a "small-scale 20 tonne space workshop". But then space officials at the agency denied the report. So what's [...]
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05 November 2007
Chang'e-1 Enters Lunar Orbit
Chinese space officials announced that their Chang'e-1 spacecraft entered lunar orbit on Monday, completing a new milestone in the country's goals of space exploration. The spacecraft is scheduled to begin scanning the lunar surface on Wednesday, but first, it has to complete two additional braking maneuvers.
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24 October 2007
Chinese Moon Mission Blasts Off
The Moon had been lonely for a while, but now there's no shortage of spacecraft on the way. The latest visitor, China's Chang'e-1, blasted off today from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, Sichuan, atop a Long March 3A rocket. Although this spacecraft is just a lunar orbiter, it begins the country's journey to putting a [...]
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