China unveils its plans to turn its feats in space exploration into scientific advances
2 months, 3 weeks ago

China unveils its plans to turn its feats in space exploration into scientific advances

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy China has made great strides in exploring space in recent years, rocketing astronauts to its own space station and bringing back rocks from the moon. “Our country’s space science research in general is still in an initial stage,” Ding Chibiao, a vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said at a news conference. “It’s a weakness that must be addressed on the path of building an aerospace power.” The plan, jointly issued with the China National Space Administration and the China Manned Space Engineering Office, set a goal of making landmark achievements “with significant international influence” that drive breakthroughs in innovation and transform China into a power in the study of space.

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China unveils further details of future manned lunar mission
1 month, 2 weeks ago

China unveils further details of future manned lunar mission

China Daily  

SHENZHEN — China unveiled further details of its future manned lunar mission in a video released Thursday. According to the video, China's manned lunar landing mission will focus on mastering critical technologies such as manned Earth-Moon round trips, short-term stays on the lunar surface, and human-robot collaborative exploration. China's first manned lunar mission will begin with the launch of the …

China launches youngest crew to its space station as it expands exploration
2 months, 1 week ago

China launches youngest crew to its space station as it expands exploration

The Independent  

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China launches new crew to its space station as it seeks to expand exploration
2 months, 1 week ago

China launches new crew to its space station as it seeks to expand exploration

NPR  

China launches new crew to its space station as it seeks to expand exploration toggle caption Ng Han Guan/AP/AP JIUQUAN, China — China declared a “complete success” after it launched a new three-person crew to its orbiting space station early Wednesday as the country seeks to expand its exploration of outer space with missions to the moon and beyond. The …

China sets to select, train astronauts from partner nations: spokesperson
2 months, 1 week ago

China sets to select, train astronauts from partner nations: spokesperson

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-10-29 13:19 The China Manned Space Agency holds a news conference at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China on Oct 29, 2024. JIUQUAN -- China is engaging in discussions to select and train astronauts from partner nations to participate in its space station missions, a spokesperson with the China Manned Space Agency said at a …

China Warns of Foreign Espionage in Space Program: A New Battleground Emerges
2 months, 2 weeks ago

China Warns of Foreign Espionage in Space Program: A New Battleground Emerges

India Today  

China expresses concern over foreign espionage in its space program. The state security ministry warns unnamed Western countries of attempts to steal secrets from China's burgeoning space program. This revelation comes amid escalating global tensions over space resources, with both China and the US investing heavily in military and civilian space capabilities.

China unveils ambitious plans for manned lunar mission and moon research station
2 months, 3 weeks ago

China unveils ambitious plans for manned lunar mission and moon research station

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy China on Tuesday announced its plans for a manned lunar mission that includes …

China Unveils Comprehensive Space Science Plan for 2050
2 months, 3 weeks ago

China Unveils Comprehensive Space Science Plan for 2050

China Daily  

China unveils a comprehensive plan for space science development, aiming to establish itself as a global leader in the field. The plan outlines the development goals and key scientific questions to be addressed over the next 30 years. China will focus on exploring the habitability of celestial bodies, conducting missions to search for extraterrestrial life, and conducting research in frontier …

Xi hails nation's landmark space efforts
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Xi hails nation's landmark space efforts

China Daily  

President Xi Jinping greets representatives of space scientists and engineers who participated in the research and development of the Chang'e 6 lunar mission, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday. President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivers an important speech in …

Xi hails nation's landmark space efforts
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Xi hails nation's landmark space efforts

China Daily  

President Xi Jinping greets representatives of space scientists and engineers who participated in the research and development of the Chang'e 6 lunar mission, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday. President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivers an important speech in …

Xi calls for accelerating progress in China's space endeavors
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Xi calls for accelerating progress in China's space endeavors

China Daily  

BEIJING -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday encouraged personnel in China's space industry to continue to work hard and accelerate progress in space endeavors. Xi noted that Chang'e-6, for the first time in human history, collected samples from the moon's far side, breaking through a number of key technologies, marking another landmark achievement in China's endeavors in space as …

China sends a probe to get samples from the less-explored far side of the moon
8 months ago

China sends a probe to get samples from the less-explored far side of the moon

Associated Press  

TAIPEI, Taiwan — China on Friday launched a lunar probe to land on the far side of the moon and return with samples that could provide insights into differences between the less-explored region and the better-known near side. The rocket carrying the Chang’e-6 lunar probe — named after the Chinese mythical moon goddess — lifted off Friday at 5:27 p.m. …

China is sending a probe to get samples from the less-explored far side of the moon
8 months ago

China is sending a probe to get samples from the less-explored far side of the moon

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy China is preparing to launch …

China hails space probe launch a success as it aims to collect soil from far side of Moon
8 months, 1 week ago

China hails space probe launch a success as it aims to collect soil from far side of Moon

ABC  

I n short: China has launched a probe to collect soil and rock samples from the far side of the Moon. China has launched what it says is a world-first probe to collect samples from the far side of the Moon, as Beijing pushes ahead with an ambitious program that aims to send a crewed lunar mission by 2030. A …

China launches Chang’e-6 probe to study dark side of the moon
8 months, 1 week ago

China launches Chang’e-6 probe to study dark side of the moon

Al Jazeera  

Unprecedented 53-day mission aims to retrieve lunar rocks and soil from far side that never faces Earth. China’s largest rocket has blasted off to space carrying the Chang’e-6 lunar probe for a nearly two-month mission to retrieve rocks and soil from the far side of the moon, in a world-first attempt. “Collecting and returning samples from the far side of …

South Africa joins China-led space program
1 year, 4 months ago

South Africa joins China-led space program

China Daily  

South Africa has joined the International Lunar Research Station Program, an ambitious venture led by China, according to the China National Space Administration. The administration announced on Thursday that Chen Xiaodong, a Chinese diplomat to South Africa, had signed a memorandum of understanding on Sept 1 on behalf of the administration, along with Humbulani Mudau, CEO of the South African …

China plans to land astronauts on moon before 2030, another step in what looks like a new space race
1 year, 7 months ago

China plans to land astronauts on moon before 2030, another step in what looks like a new space race

The Hindu  

China plans to land astronauts on the moon before 2030, which would be another advance in what's increasingly seen as a new space race. Deputy Director of the Chinese Manned Space Agency Lin Xiqiang confirmed China's goal at a news conference Monday but gave no specific date. Mr. Lin also said China plans to expand its orbiting crewed space station …

China’s Bid to Win the New Space Race
1 year, 8 months ago

China’s Bid to Win the New Space Race

Wired  

In recent years, China has softened some of its public exhortations about the superiority of communism and has instead embraced elements of nationalism and myth from an older historical collective memory. Meanwhile, on board Space Station Tiangong, taikonauts, who travel to it in a Shenzhou capsule, can thank their lucky stars they are in the “Heavenly Palace,” named after the …

US worried about China's lunar ambitions, growing space capabilities
2 years ago

US worried about China's lunar ambitions, growing space capabilities

India Today  

“It is a fact: we’re in a space race. And it is true that we better watch out that they don’t get to a place on the moon under the guise of scientific research," Nasa Administrator Bill Nelson said amid reports of China conducting over 60 space launches in 2022. While the US recently launched its Artemis mission, which will …

China launches second of three space station modules
2 years, 5 months ago

China launches second of three space station modules

Firstpost  

The uncrewed craft, named Wentian, was propelled by a Long March 5B rocket at 2:22 pm from the Wenchang launch centre on China’s tropical island of Hainan Beijing, China: China on Sunday launched the second of three modules needed to complete its new space station, state media reported, the latest step in Beijing’s ambitious space programme. He said until the …

China slams NASA claim it may take over the moon
2 years, 6 months ago

China slams NASA claim it may take over the moon

Al Jazeera  

NASA chief has said that the world should be worried China may claim the moon as its own and tell others to ‘stay out’. China has criticised warnings from the chief of NASA that claimed Beijing may take over the moon as part of a military space programme. Zhao Lijian, the Chinese foreign ministry spokesman, told reporters on Monday that …

China should share its data on Mars in celebration of its feat
3 years, 7 months ago

China should share its data on Mars in celebration of its feat

Live Mint  

China has made it to Mars. The United Arab Emirates’ Hope craft, aiming at the study of weather and climate systems, arrived in Mars orbit in early February, joining others already studying the planet. April’s launch of the module for China’s future space station had the world fretting after the rocket made an uncontrolled re-entry, eventually splashing into the Indian …

China’s ambitious plans in space go beyond the moon and Mars
3 years, 7 months ago

China’s ambitious plans in space go beyond the moon and Mars

Firstpost  

China has now accomplished something that only the United States and the Soviet Union had done before: a successful landing on Mars. The Chinese Mars mission may seem less sexy than NASA’s latest, since it is essentially repeating feats that the Americans accomplished decades ago, but it represents another milestone in China’s ambition to make itself a “great space power,” …

China, Russia Announce Plan To Build Moon Research Station
3 years, 10 months ago

China, Russia Announce Plan To Build Moon Research Station

NPR  

China, Russia Announce Plan To Build Moon Research Station Enlarge this image toggle caption China National Space Administration/Xinhua/AP China National Space Administration/Xinhua/AP China and Russia have announced plans to work together to construct a lunar research station, an ambitious first-ever such space project between the two countries. Russia's Roscosmos and China's National Space Administration – the two countries' respective equivalents …

China's space dream is moving in overdrive: A Long March to the Moon, Mars and beyond
3 years, 10 months ago

China's space dream is moving in overdrive: A Long March to the Moon, Mars and beyond

Firstpost  

China is looking to finally catch up with the US and Russia after years of belatedly matching their milestones. The successful entry of China’s Tianwen-1 probe into Mars’ orbit on Wednesday underlined just how far the country has come in achieving its space dream. Here is a look at China’s space programme through the decades, and where it is headed: …

China’s space ambitions: Robot on Mars, a human on the moon
4 years, 1 month ago

China’s space ambitions: Robot on Mars, a human on the moon

Live Mint  

China's landing of its third probe on the moon is part of an increasingly ambitious space program that has a robot rover en route to Mars, is developing a reusable space plane and is planning to put humans back on the lunar surface. This week's landing is “a historic step in China's cooperation with the international community in the peaceful …

China’s space ambitions: Robot on Mars, a human on the moon
4 years, 1 month ago

China’s space ambitions: Robot on Mars, a human on the moon

Hindustan Times  

China’s landing of its third probe on the moon is part of an increasingly ambitious space program that has a robot rover en route to Mars, is developing a reusable space plane and is planning to put humans back on the lunar surface. The Chang’e 5, the first effort to bring lunar rocks to Earth since the 1970s, collected samples …

China's space ambitions: robot on Mars, a human on the moon
4 years, 1 month ago

China's space ambitions: robot on Mars, a human on the moon

The Independent  

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China’s ‘space dream’ in 500 words
4 years, 1 month ago

China’s ‘space dream’ in 500 words

Al Jazeera  

China’s launch of an uncrewed spacecraft aimed at bringing back lunar rocks underlines just how far the country has come in achieving its “space dream”. Here is a look at China’s space efforts through the decades: Mao’s pledge Soon after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957, Chairman Mao Zedong pronounced “we too will make satellites”. Human space flight took …

From the Moon to Mars: China\'s long march in space
4 years, 5 months ago

From the Moon to Mars: China\'s long march in space

Deccan Chronicle  

Beijing: China launched a rover to Mars on Thursday, another milestone for its space programme after putting humans into orbit and landing a probe on the Moon. Beijing's space programme has made huge strides in recent years as it tries to catch up with the United States and Russia. Here are five things to know about the programme: 'Questions to …

China reveals name of Mars mission, which will take place in ‘coming months’
4 years, 8 months ago

China reveals name of Mars mission, which will take place in ‘coming months’

CNN  

CNN — China’s space agency revealed the name of its first Mars exploration mission on Friday, and said the mission is on track to take place “in the coming months.” The mission has been named “Tianwen 1,” the China National Space Administration said in a statement on Friday, following the naming of the country’s planetary exploration program “Tianwen,” meaning “quest …

China plans to send a rover to explore Mars next year
5 years, 10 months ago

China plans to send a rover to explore Mars next year

CNN  

CNN — China will follow up on its successful mission to the far side of the moon by sending a probe to Mars next year, one of the country’s top space scientists said Sunday. “Next year, we will launch a Mars probe, which will orbit around the Mars, land on it and probe it.” China will also send an additional …

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