08 May 2020
China's prototype spacecraft lands successfully on Earth
China's new prototype spacecraft that was launched earlier this week by the country’s first Long March 5B heavy-lift rocket has successfully landed at a predetermined site in northern China at 1:49 pm (Beijing Time) Friday. The vehicle was in orbit ...
28 April 2021
First piece of China's space station expected to launch this week
China is getting ready to launch the first piece of its permanent space station this week, say the country’s space agency, providing the Long March 5B carrier rocket that will loft the core module into orbit successfully completes its pre-launch ...
15 October 2021
China to launch astronauts on longest crewed mission yet
China is getting ready to send three astronauts to live on its space station for six months in what will be the country’s longest crewed mission to date. Set to launch at 12:23 am (Beijing time) on Saturday, the Shenzhou-13 spaceship carrying the ...
20 December 2021
China envisions crewed moon missions by 2030
According to the chief designer of the Long March family of rockets, Long Lehao, China is currently developing a heavy duty launch vehicle that could be capable of sending Chinese astronauts to the moon by 2030. The statement, announced on state ...
17 December 2020
Chang'e 5 probe returns to Earth with Moon rocks
China's most sophisticated and challenging space adventure – the Chang'e 5 robotic lunar mission – ended successfully early Thursday morning with its cargo of lunar rocks and dust landing on the grasslands in northern China. The China National Space...
10 March 2021
Russia and China agree to build joint international lunar base
..., design, development, implementation and operation of the project. Though no timelines or further details were mentioned, both the CNSA and Roscosmos iterated that the ILRS would be "open to all interested countries and international partners”. This...
