Aerospace

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Taikonauts back after six months
After nearly 183 days in space , three Chinese space travelers have landed safely back on Earth. The capsule carrying taikonaut Wang Yaping and her two male colleagues Zhai Zhigang and Ye Guangfu landed in the Gobi Desert in northwest China on Saturday morning (local time). As reported by state broadcaster CCTV, this marked the […] continue reading →
Wuhan courts space industry
The Wuhan municipal government invests in establishing the space industry. Companies that manufacture satellites, rockets or space vehicles in the city are to receive a financial incentive of up to ¥50 million (€7.2 million) each. In addition, further incentives are to follow if companies use equipment, software or services from the region in their production. […] continue reading →
China and NASA angry with Musk
China has accused the US of not sharing enough information about SpaceX satellites. The accusation was that the Starlink satellites of Elon Musk’s company came dangerously close to the Chinese space station, Bloomberg reports. It claimed that US authorities shared insufficient information about a possible collision course. “Chinese astronauts were facing real and urgent safety […] continue reading →
Taikonaut on first-ever spacewalk
Wang Yaping has become the first Chinese woman to go on a spacewalk. The Taikonaut – as astronauts are called in China – left the Tiangong space station with her colleague Zhai Zhigang for installation operations. The Chinese space agency announced that the six-hour mission went “smoothly” and “successfully.” In mid-October, the space shuttle “Shenzhou […] continue reading →
Cargo spacecraft docks with space station
China is one step closer to its plan to complete its space station by the end of the year. A Chinese resupply spacecraft carrying robots docked with an outpost in space on Monday during the 4th of 11 missions (China.Table reported). A Long March-7 rocket carrying the Tianzhou-3 spacecraft launched from the Wenchang Space Launch […] continue reading →
Solar power from space
China wants to send a 1-gigawatt solar power station into orbit by the mid-century. Generating solar power in space has long been considered science fiction. But the threat of a climate catastrophe and Beijing's growing ambitions in space are now moving technology to a whole new realm of possibility. First tests are already scheduled for this year. The Chinese are thus further ahead than their international competitors. continue reading →
Taikonauts leave space station for the first time
Chinese astronauts have begun their first outside operation on China’s new space station. Taikonauts Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo left the core module of the “Tiangong” (Heavenly Palace) space station on Sunday, as reported by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV. During their spacewalk, which is to last serval hours, they are to perform work on the […] continue reading →
Flight with Taikonauts to Mars planned
By 2033, China plans to add another feather in its cap to its successes in space. The country’s space agency plans to send a spacecraft with humans on board to Mars. As many as five missions are planned from that date, said, Wang Xiaojun, the head of the prestigious China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology […] continue reading →
Mars Rover works and sends Pictures
China’s Zhurong exploration robot has activated as planned and radioed photos of the Martian surface to Earth. The first images released by the space agency CNSA showed the automated vehicle rolling out of the landing capsule. This was initially followed by a black-and-white image of a rocky, dusty plain stretching to the horizon of the […] continue reading →