18 January 2022
First of 40 planned launches for China
... up to 2,900 pounds (about 1.3 metric tons) into a polar, sun-synchronous orbit. There are currently three astronauts on China’s Shenzhou 13 spacecraft on the Tianhe space station. They were launched in October and, if the planned six-month...
August 2016
Flying in formation - why China and the rest of the world should collaborate
..., not to mention the huge political obstacles. According to China’s plan, the experimental core module will become the base ... General Johann-Dietrich Worner was quoted as saying he wants China to give up its own space station in favour of joining...
07 November 2018
China unveils its new space station 'Heavenly Palace'
... in the pot to keep it going. Step forward China. China already has experience with Earth-orbiting space stations. It ... of the 17-metre (55-foot) core module wowed audiences at China’s main aerospace industry exhibition in the southern coastal city of...
10 February 2021
Success for China as Tianwen-1 enters Mars' orbit
... captured image of Mars from a distance of 2.2 million kilometres. The black-and-white photo released on 5 February by the China National Space Administration showed geological features including the Schiaparelli crater and the Valles Marineris, one...
28 April 2021
First piece of China's space station expected to launch this week
... good condition and personnel involved in the launch mission are making preparations. Liftoff is expected imminently. Considered China's most sophisticated space endeavour, the multi-module space station, named Tiangong, or Heavenly Palace, will have...
16 April 2020
China in Space
... centenary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Precisely how this vision will translate into space-related funding... but the volume’s cover text summarises the situation well: “China’s space programme is one of the least well-known, but ...
