29 April 2021
China launches first section of its massive space station
... Center in Hainan province, 10 engines at the bottom of a Long March 5B heavy-lift carrier rocket roared to life, generating a thrust .... Thursday's launch marked the second flight of the Long March 5B, China's most powerful rocket which is capable of...
08 May 2020
China's prototype spacecraft lands successfully on Earth
... officials. Construction is expected to begin this year and finish in 2022. The roughly 20-tonne core stage of the Long March 5B is expected to make an uncontrolled reentry around 11 May; a move that will make it the most massive object to make...
16 September 2016
China launches its second space lab 'Tiangong 2' into orbit
... into the skies from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China’s northwestern Gobi Desert on the back of a Long March 7 rocket. This new module builds on the earlier success of the first space station, Tiangong-1, and aside...
17 June 2021
China's astronauts arrive at new space station
... by any Chinese national; a landmark step in establishing Beijing as a major space power. The trio blasted off on a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan launch centre in northwest China's Gobi desert at 9:22 am Beijing time (01:22 GMT), and their...
April 2025
Racing to the Moon
... State Council of the People’s Republic of China published a brief status report. Elements of the new heavy-lift Long March 10 rocket are in production and being tested. An automated prototype of a three to six crew spacecraft called Mengzhou (‘Dream...
19 February 2021
China's astronauts begin training for space station missions
... details, such as the roles of those taking part in the training sessions. This year and next, 11 Long March 5B, Long March 7 and Long March 2F missions will loft major components of the Chinese space station into orbit and shuttle astronauts there...
