10 December 2018
First far side of the Moon mission underway
... weeks time. This first-ever surface mission to this unexplored region lifted off on 8 December at 18:23 GMT/2:23 a.m. local China time. Chang’e 4 is comprised of a static lander and a 140 kilogram, six-wheeled rover with a lifespan of three months...
July 2020
Pandemic in space – are we ready?
...-2 or COVID-19), which first broke out in Wuhan, China, and spread to every continent except Antarctica. Despite the... prone to downplay outbreaks. In the current pandemic, China withheld crucial information that may have been instrumental in ...
June 2015
Great expectations: launch markets, SpaceX, China, and other new players
...Delta IV and Atlas V respectively, are being finalised. If China can access the commercial launch market, it could compete with ...“lighter launches” category. In Russia, Europe, India, China and Japan, government-owned satellites will be launched by ...
July 2021
A shared vision for space exploration
...the only ones in the neighbourhood, as other countries, such as China and Russia, are also planning lunar exploration programmes. A view ...’t the only player in the game. Other nations - China chief among them - are planning their own operations, and...
03 April 2019
LinkSpace successfully launches reusable rocket prototype
...under the cover of relative anonymity is LinkSpace – Chinas answer to SpaceX and it has just launched its ... to a height of 20 metres during a test flight in eastern China’s Shandong province last week. The rocket made a perfect landing despite strong...
07 May 2021
Fears can ease over uncontrolled Chinese rocket reentry this weekend say trackers
... (18000 mph), the roughly 30-metre-tall, 5-metre-diameter of China’s empty Long March 5b rocket body had caused considerable concern following...down within a pre-defined reentry zone. Last year China came under criticism when it became known that the ...
