02 December 2020
China's Chang'e 5 probe successfully lands on the Moon
... a first in the history of space exploration. The orbiter containing the lunar material is programmed to land in northern China's Inner Mongolia region later in December. The returner is scheduled to reenter the atmosphere and land at Siziwang Banner...
20 December 2021
China envisions crewed moon missions by 2030
... be no accidents before 2030,” Lehao said. The announcement mirrors that of a recent interview by Ye Peijan, a senior official within China’s lunar programme, reports SpaceNews. Last month Peijan noted that Chinese boots on the moon will be “entirely...
03 November 2015
China’s Kuaizhou-11: coming in 2016?
... has been shrouded in secrecy. Whatever the case may be, as ROOM author Igor Afanasyev has recently argued, China is expected to become a major player on the commercial market in just a few years – and could even go toe-to-toe...
10 March 2021
Russia and China agree to build joint international lunar base
...Zhang Kejian, the Russian space agency said the agreement with China's National Space Administration (CNSA) is to develop a "complex...fallen behind competing nations such as the US and China in advancing their space programme. Despite preparing to ...
14 May 2021
China is about to land its Zhurong rover on Mars
... the descent was due to take place imminently after Ye Peijian, the chief adviser of Interplanetary Exploration at CAST – China Association for Science and Technology – let it be known at a conference that the capsule containing Zhurong will begin...
19 February 2021
China's astronauts begin training for space station missions
...; a core module attached to two space laboratories. The combined weight of the modules is in excess of 90 metric tons and is China's most sophisticated space endeavour to date. The space station is expected to become fully operational next year and...
