Xi calls for accelerating progress in China's space endeavors
6 months 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 well as in science and technology. It has blazed a path of high-quality and cost-effective lunar exploration, making a major contribution to the development of China's space industry and human space exploration, he said. Xi stressed that over the past 75 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the space industry has grown from weak to strong, and achieved historic, high-quality and leap-forward development.

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China advances manned lunar program for 2030 moon landing
3 weeks, 5 days ago

China advances manned lunar program for 2030 moon landing

China Daily  

By ZHAO LEI | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2025-03-03 15:45 This photo shows the exterior design of China's moon-landing spacesuit during the third Spacesuit Technology Forum in Southwest China's Chongqing municipality, Sept 28, 2024. China is making steady progress in its manned lunar exploration program, with all research and construction work advancing as planned to achieve the goal of sending Chinese …

China unveils further details of future manned lunar mission
4 months, 1 week 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 unveils further details of future manned lunar mission
4 months, 1 week 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 unveils ambitious plans for manned lunar mission and moon research station
5 months, 1 week 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 its plans to turn its feats in space exploration into scientific advances
5 months, 2 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 …

China Unveils Comprehensive Space Science Plan for 2050
5 months, 2 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
6 months 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
6 months 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 …

China probe successfully lands on far side of Moon
9 months, 3 weeks ago

China probe successfully lands on far side of Moon

Raw Story  

China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe successfully landed on the far side of the Moon to collect samples, state news agency Xinhua reported Sunday — the latest leap for Beijing’s decades-old space programme. The Chang’e-6 set down in the immense South Pole-Aitken Basin, one of the largest known impact craters in the solar system, Xinhua said, citing the China National Space Administration. …

NASA's chief is worried about China getting back to the moon first. Here's why
10 months, 3 weeks ago

NASA's chief is worried about China getting back to the moon first. Here's why

NPR  

NASA's chief is worried about China getting back to the moon first. And while NASA has done astonishing things over and over since Apollo — in recent years alone, it's flown a helicopter on Mars, smashed a spacecraft into an asteroid, and begun to redefine our basic understandings of space with the James Webb Space Telescope — the glory days …

China sends a probe to get samples from the less-explored far side of the moon
10 months, 3 weeks 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
10 months, 3 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

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China hails space probe launch a success as it aims to collect soil from far side of Moon
10 months, 3 weeks 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 …

First keep steps firmly on the moon
11 months ago

First keep steps firmly on the moon

China Daily  

Photo screens from a simulated animation showing the Chang'e-6 probe. From 2007 to 2020, China completed the lunar exploration phase beginning with Chang'e 1 through five missions, culminating in the historic landing of the Chang'e 4 rover and lander on the far side of the moon in 2019. In fact, the NASA-led Artemis program includes the space launch system rocket, …

First keep steps firmly on the moon
11 months ago

First keep steps firmly on the moon

China Daily  

Photo screens from a simulated animation showing the Chang'e-6 probe. From 2007 to 2020, China completed the lunar exploration phase beginning with Chang'e 1 through five missions, culminating in the historic landing of the Chang'e 4 rover and lander on the far side of the moon in 2019. In fact, the NASA-led Artemis program includes the space launch system rocket, …

China keeping each step firmly to the moon
11 months ago

China keeping each step firmly to the moon

China Daily  

Crew members of the Shenzhou XVIII mission Ye Guangfu, Li Cong and Li Guangsu meet the media at a news conference at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Wednesday. From 2007 to 2020, China completed the lunar exploration phase with Chang'e 1 through five missions, culminating in the historic landing of the Chang'e 4 rover and lander on the far …

China keeping each step firmly to the moon
11 months ago

China keeping each step firmly to the moon

China Daily  

Crew members of the Shenzhou XVIII mission Ye Guangfu, Li Cong and Li Guangsu meet the media at a news conference at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Wednesday. From 2007 to 2020, China completed the lunar exploration phase with Chang'e 1 through five missions, culminating in the historic landing of the Chang'e 4 rover and lander on the far …

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

Nasa chief warns of Chinese land grab on the Moon
2 years, 2 months ago

Nasa chief warns of Chinese land grab on the Moon

The Independent  

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China plans more Moon missions after discovering new lunar energy source
2 years, 6 months ago

China plans more Moon missions after discovering new lunar energy source

The Independent  

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China slams NASA claim it may take over the moon
2 years, 8 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’s quest for space power starts with moon dust
3 years, 3 months ago

China’s quest for space power starts with moon dust

Live Mint  

HONG KONG : Nestled in 3.82 pounds of moon soil is what China hopes could be the answer to fueling its future. Chinese nuclear scientists are studying samples carried back by China’s Chang’e 5 late last year in the first mission to return with lunar material since the Soviet Union’s in 1976. China’s counterpart to the National Aeronautics and Space …

China may use an existing rocket to speed up plans for a human mission to the moon by 2030
3 years, 6 months ago

China may use an existing rocket to speed up plans for a human mission to the moon by 2030

Daily Mail  

China could land its first astronauts on the moon as early as 2030, according to reports, under plans that would see it adapt its existing Long March 5 rocket. The news comes as NASA's Artemis mission, to return humans to the moon by 2024, looks increasingly like it could face significant delays, with 2026 being touted as the earliest possible …

President Xi Speaks to Chinese Astronauts in Space Station, Says Mission an Important 'milestone'
3 years, 9 months ago

President Xi Speaks to Chinese Astronauts in Space Station, Says Mission an Important 'milestone'

News 18  

President Xi Jinping on Wednesday spoke to the three astronauts stationed in China's space station and told them that the project is an important "milestone" in the country's ambitious space exploration programme. China successfully launched its longest crewed space mission to date on June 17, sending three astronauts to its new orbiting station, in a major milestone for the Communist …

China should share its data on Mars in celebration of its feat
3 years, 10 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, Russia Announce Plan To Build Moon Research Station
4 years 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 …

Planetary pact: China and Russia to launch lunar space station
4 years ago

Planetary pact: China and Russia to launch lunar space station

Al Jazeera  

Beijing and Moscow to develop experimental research facilities on the Moon’s surface and its orbit. Russia and China have unveiled plans for a joint lunar space station as Moscow seeks to recapture the glory of its space pioneering days of Soviet times, and Beijing gears up its own extraterrestrial ambitions. This year, it celebrates the 60th anniversary of Russia’s first-ever …

每日一词∣探月精神 the lunar exploration spirit
4 years, 1 month ago

每日一词∣探月精神 the lunar exploration spirit

China Daily  

中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席习近平2月22日在北京人民大会堂会见探月工程嫦娥五号任务参研参试人员代表。他强调，要弘扬探月精神，发挥新型举国体制优势，勇攀科技高峰，服务国家发展大局，一步一个脚印开启星际探测新征程，不断推进中国航天事业创新发展，为人类和平利用太空作出新的更大贡献。 President Xi Jinping met representatives of space scientists and engineers who participated in the research and development of the Chang'e-5 lunar mission at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Feb 22. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, stressed promoting the lunar exploration spirit …

China's space dream is moving in overdrive: A Long March to the Moon, Mars and beyond
4 years, 1 month 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: …

Chinese capsule returns to Earth carrying moon rocks
4 years, 3 months ago

Chinese capsule returns to Earth carrying moon rocks

Associated Press  

BEIJING — A Chinese lunar capsule returned to Earth on Thursday with the first fresh rock samples from the moon in more than 40 years, offering the possibility of new insights into the history of the solar system and marking a new landmark for China’s rapidly advancing space program. The capsule of the Chang’e 5 probe landed just before 2 …

China’s space ambitions: Robot on Mars, a human on the moon
4 years, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months ago

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

The Independent  

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Lunar mission is latest milestone in China's space ambitions
4 years, 4 months ago

Lunar mission is latest milestone in China's space ambitions

The Independent  

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China launches mission to bring back material from moon
4 years, 4 months ago

China launches mission to bring back material from moon

India TV News  

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 of the solar system more generally. The technical complexity of Chang’e 5, with its four components, makes it “remarkable in many ways,” …

China’s ‘space dream’ in 500 words
4 years, 4 months 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, 8 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 …

50 years after US moon landing, China is catching up in the space race
5 years, 8 months ago

50 years after US moon landing, China is catching up in the space race

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — Fifty years ago, when the Apollo 11 astronauts became the first human beings to land on the moon, the Chinese space program had yet to launch a single satellite. AFP/Getty Images Private Chinese companies are also investing in space research and technology, with the country’s first successful private rocket launch taking place in May 2018. “China …

Will China’s moon landing launch a new space race?
6 years, 2 months ago

Will China’s moon landing launch a new space race?

Salon  

China became the third country to land a probe on the Moon on Jan. 2. The probe, Chang’e 4, is symbolic of the growth of the Chinese space program and the capabilities it has amassed, significant for China and for relations among the great power across the world. If China’s successes continue to accumulate, could the United States find itself …

China’s far side of the moon mission is just the start of its space ambitions
6 years, 2 months ago

China’s far side of the moon mission is just the start of its space ambitions

CNN  

Explore humanity’s first moon landing through newly discovered and restored archival footage. Reacting on Twitter, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine called it a “first for humanity and an impressive accomplishment!” China was late to the space race – it didn’t send its first satellite into orbit until 1970, by which time the US had already landed an astronaut on the moon …

China’s ‘space dream’: A long march to the moon
6 years, 11 months ago

China’s ‘space dream’: A long march to the moon

Live Mint  

Beijing: The plunge back to Earth of a defunct Chinese space laboratory will not slow down Beijing’s ambitious plans to send humans to the moon. China’s “taikonauts” have fared better and Beijing sees its military-run space programme as a marker of its rising global stature and growing technological might. Soon after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957, chairman Mao …

China prepares first manned mission to the moon
7 years, 4 months ago

China prepares first manned mission to the moon

The Independent  

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China is making preliminary preparations for a manned mission to the Moon
7 years, 9 months ago

China is making preliminary preparations for a manned mission to the Moon

Firstpost  

China has already sent three missions to the Moon and it will send the next two missions in 2017 and 2018. China is making preliminary preparations to send a manned mission to the Moon, a space official said. The project is expected to receive government approval and funding shortly, said Yang Liwei, Deputy Director General of China Manned Space Agency, …

Plans ready to expand space role
7 years, 9 months ago

Plans ready to expand space role

China Daily  

China's 1st astronaut details projects for orbital station, manned lunar visit China will launch at least four manned missions with Shenzhou spacecraft before the end of 2022 to build a space station, according to a senior space official. Yang Liwei, deputy head of the China Manned Space Agency and the first Chinese astronaut in space, said on the sidelines of …

China plans space probe before year’s end to bring back samples from moon
8 years ago

China plans space probe before year’s end to bring back samples from moon

Live Mint  

Beijing: China announced plans on Tuesday to launch a space probe to bring back samples from the moon before the end of the year, in what state media cast as competition to US President Donald Trump’s ambitions to revitalise US space exploration. The Chang’e-5 lunar probe is undergoing a final round of tests and is expected to be on standby …

Aiming at 2020 mission, China shows first images of Mars rover
8 years, 7 months ago

Aiming at 2020 mission, China shows first images of Mars rover

Firstpost  

China has showed off its first images of a rover it plans to sent to Mars in mid-2020, which is designed to explore the planet surface for three months, state media said, the latest aim of China’s ambitious space programme. It has touted its plans for moon exploration and in late 2013 completed the first lunar “soft landing” since 1976 …

Lunar mission tests China’s space program
10 years, 5 months ago

Lunar mission tests China’s space program

CNN  

Story highlights NEW: China launched an experimental spacecraft on Friday NEW: The spacecraft will orbit the moon before returning to Earth Mission tests technology that will be used in a more ambitious space mission China's space program hopes eventually to send a man to the moon Hong Kong CNN — Up, up and away. China launched an experimental spacecraft early …

Martin Rees: For our future in space, China must aim further than the Moon
11 years, 3 months ago

Martin Rees: For our future in space, China must aim further than the Moon

The Independent  

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China's first lunar rover lands on moon
11 years, 3 months ago

China's first lunar rover lands on moon

India TV News  

Chang'e-3 relied on auto-control for descent, range and velocity measurements, finding the proper landing point, and free-falling. Chang'e-3 is part of the second phase of China's lunar programme, which includes orbiting, landing and returning to the Earth. The successful landing shows China has the ability of in-situ exploration on an extraterrestrial body, said Sun Huixian, deputy engineer-in-chief in charge of …

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