China's space industry giant tests major component of carrier rocket model
1 month ago

China's space industry giant tests major component of carrier rocket model

China Daily  

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, a State-owned space industry giant, has recently conducted a test on a major component of its next-generation carrier rocket model, the Long March 10, which will play a crucial role in the nation's manned lunar expedition. China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, the major rocket maker in the nation and a CASC subsidiary, said in a news release on Wednesday that its engineers carried out a separation test of the Long March 10's payload fairing, the structure on top of a rocket that holds and protects the spacecraft contained inside it. The Long March 10 will be a family of launch vehicles and will mainly be tasked with launching the country's new-generation crewed spacecraft and the lunar landing module. China's roadmap for its first manned lunar expedition involves two Long March 10 launches from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province to transport a landing module and a manned spacecraft to lunar orbit.

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China's new-generation Long March rockets to facilitate manned lunar, Mars missions
2 weeks, 3 days ago

China's new-generation Long March rockets to facilitate manned lunar, Mars missions

China Daily  

A Long March 3B carrier rocket carrying a new experimental satellite for communication technology blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan province, Dec 3, 2024. BEIJING -- China's new-generation manned launch vehicle, the Long March 10 carrier rocket, will enhance the country's lunar transfer orbit payload capacity from 8.2 tonnes to 27 tonnes, according to …

China's new-generation Long March rockets to facilitate manned lunar, Mars missions
2 weeks, 3 days ago

China's new-generation Long March rockets to facilitate manned lunar, Mars missions

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-12-07 08:00 A Long March 3B carrier rocket carrying a new experimental satellite for communication technology blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan province, Dec 3, 2024. BEIJING -- China's new-generation manned launch vehicle, the Long March 10 carrier rocket, will enhance the country's lunar transfer orbit payload capacity from 8.2 tonnes …

China's new-generation Long March rockets to facilitate manned lunar, Mars missions
2 weeks, 3 days ago

China's new-generation Long March rockets to facilitate manned lunar, Mars missions

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-12-07 08:00 A Long March 3B carrier rocket carrying a new experimental satellite for communication technology blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan province, Dec 3, 2024. BEIJING -- China's new-generation manned launch vehicle, the Long March 10 carrier rocket, will enhance the country's lunar transfer orbit payload capacity from 8.2 tonnes …

New rocket marks debut mission of launch center
3 weeks, 1 day ago

New rocket marks debut mission of launch center

China Daily  

By ZHAO LEI in Wenchang, Hainan | China Daily | Updated: 2024-12-02 10:10 A Long March 12 carrier rocket blasts off at 10:25 pm on Saturday from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site, sending two experimental satellites into their planned orbits. LUO YUNFEI/CHINA NEWS SERVICE China's carrier rocket fleet has expanded further, as the newest type in the Long March …

New rocket marks debut mission of launch center
3 weeks, 1 day ago

New rocket marks debut mission of launch center

China Daily  

A Long March 12 carrier rocket blasts off at 10:25 pm on Saturday from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site, sending two experimental satellites into their planned orbits. LUO YUNFEI/CHINA NEWS SERVICE China's carrier rocket fleet has expanded further, as the newest type in the Long March family, the Long March 12, made its debut flight on Saturday night from …

New rocket marks debut mission of launch center
3 weeks, 1 day ago

New rocket marks debut mission of launch center

China Daily  

By ZHAO LEI in Wenchang, Hainan | China Daily | Updated: 2024-12-02 10:10 A Long March 12 carrier rocket blasts off at 10:25 pm on Saturday from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site, sending two experimental satellites into their planned orbits. LUO YUNFEI/CHINA NEWS SERVICE China's carrier rocket fleet has expanded further, as the newest type in the Long March …

Long March 12 makes debut flight at new commercial spaceport
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Long March 12 makes debut flight at new commercial spaceport

China Daily  

China's newest type of carrier rocket, the Long March 12, made its maiden flight on Saturday night, which also marked the debut mission of the Hainan International Commercial Aerospace Launch Center, the nation's first spaceport dedicated to facilitating commercial operations. Watched by a large crowd of spectators inside and surrounding the coastal launch complex, four liquid oxygen-kerosene engines on the …

Long March 12 makes debut flight at new commercial spaceport
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Long March 12 makes debut flight at new commercial spaceport

China Daily  

China's newest type of carrier rocket, the Long March 12, made its maiden flight on Saturday night, which also marked the debut mission of the Hainan International Commercial Aerospace Launch Center, the nation's first spaceport dedicated to facilitating commercial operations. Watched by a large crowd of spectators inside and surrounding the coastal launch complex, four liquid oxygen-kerosene engines on the …

Long March 12 makes debut flight at new commercial spaceport
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Long March 12 makes debut flight at new commercial spaceport

China Daily  

By Zhao Lei in Wenchang, Hainan | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-11-30 23:02 China's newest type of carrier rocket, the Long March 12, made its maiden flight on Saturday night, which also marked the debut mission of the Hainan International Commercial Aerospace Launch Center, the nation's first spaceport dedicated to facilitating commercial operations. Watched by a large crowd of spectators inside …

China unveils further details of future manned lunar mission
1 month 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's space industry giant tests major component of carrier rocket model
1 month ago

China's space industry giant tests major component of carrier rocket model

China Daily  

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, a State-owned space industry giant, has recently conducted a test on a major component of its next-generation carrier rocket model, the Long March 10, which will play a crucial role in the nation's manned lunar expedition. China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, the major rocket maker in the nation and a CASC subsidiary, said …

Space contractor plans maiden flight for carrier rockets
1 month, 1 week ago

Space contractor plans maiden flight for carrier rockets

China Daily  

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the country's dominant space contractor, plans to conduct the maiden flights of two carrier rocket models in coming months. Ma Tao, deputy head of spacecraft operations at the State-owned conglomerate, said that the Long March 8A's debut flight is scheduled to take place in January 2025 at the Hainan International Commercial Aerospace Launch Center …

Space contractor plans maiden flight for carrier rockets
1 month, 1 week ago

Space contractor plans maiden flight for carrier rockets

China Daily  

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the country's dominant space contractor, plans to conduct the maiden flights of two carrier rocket models in coming months. Ma Tao, deputy head of spacecraft operations at the State-owned conglomerate, said that the Long March 8A's debut flight is scheduled to take place in January 2025 at the Hainan International Commercial Aerospace Launch Center …

China Focus: China intensifies manned lunar landing program
1 month, 3 weeks ago

China Focus: China intensifies manned lunar landing program

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-10-29 13:24 JIUQUAN -- China is pressing ahead with its mission to land astronauts on the moon by 2030, moving quickly with development and construction efforts to turn this goal into reality, the China Manned Space Agency announced at a press conference on Tuesday. Production and ground tests of prototypes of the Long March 10 carrier rocket, …

Simulation test stand for China's lunar landing mission completes test run
3 months, 1 week ago

Simulation test stand for China's lunar landing mission completes test run

China Daily  

BEIJING -- A Chinese spacecraft testing center has completed the test firing of a newly-built high-altitude simulation test stand in Northwest China's Shaanxi province, China Space News reported on Wednesday. This marked a breakthrough in terms of key technologies for the high-altitude simulation of the functioning of the main deceleration engine for China's manned lunar landing spacecraft. The test run …

Rocket engine for lunar mission completes test
5 months ago

Rocket engine for lunar mission completes test

China Daily  

The ignition test of the new type of rocket engine designed to propel the third stage of the Long March 10 rocket is carried out at a newly built engine test facility in Beijing. During the ignition test that took place at a newly built engine testing facility in Beijing's Fengtai district, a new type of engine, which consumes liquid …

Ignition test conducted on new rocket
6 months, 1 week ago

Ignition test conducted on new rocket

China Daily  

Rocket scientists and engineers carried out a key test on Friday on the propulsion system to be used on a new type of carrier rocket, which will be the backbone of China's future manned landing on the moon. Chinese rocket scientists and engineers on Friday afternoon conducted a key test of a propulsion system that will be used on a …

China tests propulsion system of a new type of carrier rocket
6 months, 1 week ago

China tests propulsion system of a new type of carrier rocket

China Daily  

Rocket scientists and engineers carried out a key test on Friday on the propulsion system to be used on a new type of carrier rocket, which will be the backbone of China's future manned landing on the moon. During the ignition test that took place at an engine testing facility in Beijing's Fengtai district, three YF-100K engines kept spitting blaze …

China tests propulsion system of a new type of carrier rocket
6 months, 1 week ago

China tests propulsion system of a new type of carrier rocket

China Daily  

Rocket scientists and engineers carried out a key test on Friday on the propulsion system to be used on a new type of carrier rocket, which will be the backbone of China's future manned landing on the moon. During the ignition test that took place at an engine testing facility in Beijing's Fengtai district, three YF-100K engines kept spitting blaze …

Long March 5 blasts into the skies
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Long March 5 blasts into the skies

China Daily  

A Long March 5 heavy-lift carrier rocket blasted off at 5:27 pm today at the coastal Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province, elevating the historic Chang'e 6 robotic mission up into skies. If everything goes according to plan, the 20-story-tall colossal rocket will fly for a short time before placing the 8.35-metric-ton Chang'e 6, the heaviest lunar probe China …

China says it will launch its next lunar explorer in the first half of this year
11 months, 1 week ago

China says it will launch its next lunar explorer in the first half of this year

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China’s space agency said Wednesday that its latest lunar explorer had arrived at the launch site in preparation for a mission to the moon in the first half of this year. State broadcaster CCTV posted photos on its website of the unit under wraps as it was unloaded from a large cargo airplane earlier this week and then …

Mission moon: China to launch next-generation crewed spacecraft as early as 2027
1 year, 5 months ago

Mission moon: China to launch next-generation crewed spacecraft as early as 2027

Live Mint  

China's next-generation crewed spacecraft may fly for the first time between 2027 and 2028, a veteran Chinese astronaut revealed. It can transport up to seven astronauts, China's journey into manned space exploration began in 2003 with the historic flight of Yang Liwei, a former fighter pilot, aboard the Shenzhou-5 spacecraft. "In the future, a new generation of spacecraft will be …

Tropical city to fly high soon for space fans
2 years, 7 months ago

Tropical city to fly high soon for space fans

China Daily  

Tourists observe the launch of a Long March rocket in Wenchang, Hainan province on December 23, 2021. Wenchang will soon be in the spotlight again after the schedule for a new mission was officially released, surely exciting news for space fans one and all. Tasked with carrying the Tianzhou 4 cargo spacecraft, the launch of the Long March 7 carrier …

Tropical city to fly high soon for space fans
2 years, 7 months ago

Tropical city to fly high soon for space fans

China Daily  

Tourists observe the launch of a Long March rocket in Wenchang, Hainan province on December 23, 2021. Wenchang will soon be in the spotlight again after the schedule for a new mission was officially released, surely exciting news for space fans one and all. Tasked with carrying the Tianzhou 4 cargo spacecraft, the launch of the Long March 7 carrier …

China says rocket set to crash into Moon on March 4 is not ours
2 years, 10 months ago

China says rocket set to crash into Moon on March 4 is not ours

India Today  

China on Monday denied responsibility for a rocket set to slam into the Moon, after experts said the piece of space junk likely came from Beijing's lunar exploration programme. But it is now believed to be the booster for the Chang'e 5-T1, launched in 2014 as part of the Chinese space agency's lunar exploration programme. Beijing "conscientiously upholds the long-term …

China successfully launches first crewed mission for space station construction
3 years, 6 months ago

China successfully launches first crewed mission for space station construction

Deccan Chronicle  

Beijing: China on Thursday successfully launched its crewed spacecraft, sending three astronauts to its space station's core module Tianhe for a three-month mission. It is China's seventh crewed mission to space and the first during the construction of China's space station, according to the China Manned Space Agency. They are expected to set a new record for China's manned space …

China successfully launches cargo resupply spacecraft that will dock with key module Tianhe
3 years, 6 months ago

China successfully launches cargo resupply spacecraft that will dock with key module Tianhe

India Today  

China on Saturday successfully launched an automated cargo resupply spacecraft to rendezvous with an orbiting module, in the second of a series of missions needed to complete its first permanent space station. The Tianzhou-2, or "Heavenly Vessel" in Chinese, blasted off via a Long March-7 Y3 rocket from the Wenchang Space Launch Center on the southern island of Hainan, the …

China's new Long March 8 rocket makes maiden flight
4 years ago

China's new Long March 8 rocket makes maiden flight

The Hindu  

A new Chinese carrier rocket made its first flight on Tuesday under a long-term plan to develop reusable launch vehicles aimed at reducing mission costs and speed up launch schedules for commercial clients. The medium-lift Long March 8 Y-1 blasted off at 12:37 p.m. from the southern Chinese island of Hainan carrying five satellites, state media reported. China plans to …

In Pictures: China’s moon mission milestone
4 years, 1 month ago

In Pictures: China’s moon mission milestone

Al Jazeera  

China launched an ambitious mission on Tuesday to bring back rocks and debris from the moon’s surface for the first time in more than 40 years – an undertaking that could boost human understanding of the moon and solar system. The Long March-5, China’s largest carrier rocket, blasted off at 4:30am Beijing time in a launch from Wenchang Space Launch …

China calls launch a success as robotic spacecraft heads to moon
4 years, 1 month ago

China calls launch a success as robotic spacecraft heads to moon

The Hindu  

China hailed as a success its pre-dawn launch on Tuesday of a robotic spacecraft to bring back rocks from the moon in the first bid by any country to retrieve lunar surface samples since the 1970s, a mission underscoring Chinese ambitions in space. The Long March-5, China's largest carrier rocket, blasted off at 4:30 a.m. Beijing time in a launch …

China to Launch Its First Spacecraft to Moon to Collect Samples, Return to Earth
4 years, 1 month ago

China to Launch Its First Spacecraft to Moon to Collect Samples, Return to Earth

News 18  

China said on Monday that it will launch its first unmanned space mission on Tuesday to collect samples from the moon’s surface and return to earth, which its scientists say is one of the country’s most complicated and challenging space missions. The rocket, which will send the Chang’e-5 spacecraft to Earth-moon transfer orbit, is scheduled to be launched from the …

China moves Long March-5 rocket to launch site ahead of Chang'e 5 lunar lander launch
4 years, 1 month ago

China moves Long March-5 rocket to launch site ahead of Chang'e 5 lunar lander launch

Firstpost  

Chang’e 5, scheduled to launch early next week, aims to put a lander on the moon to drill and scoop up rocks and debris to return to Earth. The Chang’e 5 mission it will carry is scheduled to launch early next week, placing a lander on the moon that will drill 2 meters beneath the surface and scoop up rocks …

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