16 January 2019
China unveils future space plans
China has announced at a press conference from the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) this week, what the country has planned for its future space-related projects. These include the launch of further Chang’e missions, one that could set ...
17 May 2021
China's Zhurong rover touches down on Mars
...Time), the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced. However CNSA have yet to release any images confirming the successful landing. China's first Mars rover is named Zhurong after the god of fire in ancient Chinese mythology, which echoes...
20 December 2021
China envisions crewed moon missions by 2030
... rocket, the former deputy chief designer of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Programme said that the technologies behind the... super-heavy lift rocket which deputy director of the China National Space Agency, Wu Yanhua, said back in February is for ...
17 December 2020
Chang'e 5 probe returns to Earth with Moon rocks
... on the grasslands in northern China. The China National Space Administration said in a statement that Chang'e 5's reentry capsule...was previously unexplored, China's space agency said. While there it also raised the Chinese flag, according to the ...
15 October 2021
China to launch astronauts on longest crewed mission yet
... who in 2008 performed the first spacewalk by a Chinese astronaut. Yaping, 41, will become the first woman astronaut to visit the nation's space station. She previously became China's second woman in space in 2013, meanwhile former Air Force pilot...
08 May 2020
China's prototype spacecraft lands successfully on Earth
...in the nations ambitions to start work on building a permanent space station in ...low-Earth orbit. The station will accommodate crews of three astronauts on missions lasting up to six months, according to previous statements by Chinese...
