29 December 2021
China complains to UN after space station endures 'close encounters' with Starlink satellites
...-General of the following phenomena which constituted dangers to the life or health of astronauts aboard the China Space Station. The China Manned Space Programme completed five launch missions in 2021, with the successful launching into orbit of the...
June 2021
China’s ascending commercial space sector
...more importantly, increased revenues from companies that mature into later stages of development. China’s civil space programme will continue to grow, with the China Space Station (CSS) – the third phase of the Tiangong programme – planned for launch...
30 May 2018
China opens up its space station to the world
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and China’s Manned Space Agency (CMSA) have invited applications from United Nations Member States to conduct experiments on-board China’s Space Station (CSS). In 2016 UNOOSA and CMSA signed...
15 November 2019
First public test of Mars lander for China ahead of 2020 launch
... and has even kept the nation from participating in the International Space Station (ISS). China has though started constructing its own larger, more permanent space station and has invited applications from around the world to conduct experiments...
17 June 2021
China's astronauts arrive at new space station
...showed live footage. Shenzhou-12 is the third of 11 missions – four of which will be crewed – needed to complete China’s first full-fledged space station. Construction began in April with the launch of Tianhe, the first and largest of three modules.
13 May 2020
Debris from China's rocket may have hit African villages
... a safe location, such as ocean, a craft will be subjected to an uncontrolled re-entry. This was the case for China’s Tiangong-1 space station back in 2018 and it appeared to be the case for the remains of the Long March 5B as potential reentry areas...
