03 January 2019
Chinese goddess lands on far side of the Moon
... therefore sometimes referred to as the ‘dark side' because so little is known about it. A photo taken by the lunar explorer Chang’e 4 at 11.40 am China time (3.40 GMT) and published online by the official Xinhua News Agency shows a small crater and...
February 2022
A manifesto for Europe in space
... factories’, which are centres where products are developed to implement the carbon neutrality and combat climate change issues. This requires information related to many different elements, such as the use of agriculture, energy conversion from...
09 August 2016
Yutu, the Chinese Moon Rover, Dies on the Moon
... 14 th, 2013, in a mission that had also delivered the Chang'e 3 stationary lander. It was China's first landing on another celestial... China has publicly released all processed data from the Chang'e 3 mission which brought Yutu to the Moon. According...
20 September 2019
Russia and China to cooperate on future Moon missions
...lunar missions, namely the Luna-26 orbiter spacecraft and Chang’e-7 polar landing mission respectively. The agreement would also... for Artemis. Such bills usually prevent agencies from changing funding levels or starting new programs, although they can...
28 April 2021
First piece of China's space station expected to launch this week
... to the far side of the moon around 2024. The backup to China’s Chang'e-5 mission, which successfully brought back 1,731 grams of moon samples in 2020, Chang'e-6 would also collect lunar samples automatically for comprehensive analysis and...
June 2014
Is there a space race or are India and China just coming of age?
... the ranks Artist's impression of China's 'Yutu' rover, part of the Chang'e 3 lunar mission If it is a race, however, it's not a very...latest Asian space missions are accomplishing real research. Chang'e 3, for example, analysed lunar dust samples, ...
