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China plans to retrieve Martian samples around 2031: laboratory
3 weeks, 5 days ago

China plans to retrieve Martian samples around 2031: laboratory

China Daily  

Photo released on June 11, 2021 by the China National Space Administration shows a selfie of China's first Mars rover Zhurong with the landing platform. BEIJING -- China is poised to collect Martian samples and return them to Earth around 2031, with its foremost scientific goal being the search for life signatures on the red planet, according to the Deep …

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China plans to return Martian soil to Earth by 2028, invites global scientists to collaborate
3 months, 2 weeks ago

China plans to return Martian soil to Earth by 2028, invites global scientists to collaborate

China Daily  

China is aiming to bring Martian soil back to Earth by 2028, with a historic mission encouraging foreign scientists to take part in the ambitious project. Liu Jizhong, chief planner of China’s Martian soil-return mission and a leading scientist in the country’s deep-space exploration programs, said on Thursday that the mission, Tianwen 3, will be the third in China’s interplanetary …

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Chang'e 6 reaches historic moment in its mission
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Chang'e 6 reaches historic moment in its mission

China Daily  

This image taken from video animation at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on June 2, 2024 shows the lander-ascender combination of Chang'e 6 probe before landing on the far side of the moon. China's Chang'e 6 robotic mission has reached a crucial moment in its historic lunar odyssey — its landing craft successfully touched down on Sunday morning on the moon's …

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China lands spacecraft on far side of Moon
6 months, 3 weeks ago

China lands spacecraft on far side of Moon

ABC  

In short: China has successfully landed a spacecraft on the far side of the Moon to collect rock and soil samples. China has successfully landed a spacecraft on the far side of the Moon to collect rock and soil samples. A Chinese spacecraft has landed on the far side of the Moon to collect rocks. China launches probe to collect …

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Release all Covid-related data after new research: WHO tells China
1 year, 9 months ago

Release all Covid-related data after new research: WHO tells China

Live Mint  

The World Health Organization has asked China to share all the information related to the origin of Covid-19 pandemic this time. New sequences of the SARS-CoV-2 virus as well as additional genomic data based on samples taken from a live animal market in Wuhan, China in 2020 were briefly uploaded to the GISAID database by Chinese scientists earlier this year, …

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New COVID origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market
1 year, 9 months ago

New COVID origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market

Associated Press  

BEIJING — Genetic material collected at a Chinese market near where the first human cases of COVID-19 were identified show raccoon dog DNA comingled with the virus, adding evidence to the theory that the virus originated from animals, not from a lab, international experts say. Tedros criticized China for not sharing the genetic information earlier, telling a press briefing that …

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No new Covid variants during recent breakout in China: Lancet study
1 year, 10 months ago

No new Covid variants during recent breakout in China: Lancet study

India Today  

New coronavirus variants did not emerge during the recent outbreak of cases in China, said a study published in the medical journal, The Lancet. Samples of 350 locally acquired infections and 63 imported cases were studied during a five-week period beginning in November 2022 - shortly after China abruptly overturned its strict zero-Covid policy. Further, China also administers inactivated whole …

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Intl overreach in taking credit for China's moon mission success
3 years, 2 months ago

Intl overreach in taking credit for China's moon mission success

China Daily  

An illustration shows the orbital transfer injection by Chang'e 5's orbiter-reentry capsule combination. In a study published Oct 8 in Science, Chinese researchers dated two precious fragments of that basalt and pinned a date on one of the moon's last volcanic eruptions: 2 billion years ago. The story goes back to Dec 16, 2020, when China's Chang'e 5 lunar mission …

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