March 2015
Sowing a new dream
... energizing their colleagues, and taking on serious and tough missions with spirit and harmony. Not to mention the fact ...Zhang Xiaoguang and I started our space journey as the Shenzhou 10 crew. Teaching space class My major responsibilities were space...
25 October 2016
Microsatellite launched by Shenzhou-11 mission
... and has greater capabilities than the previous satellite launched by the Shenzhou-7 mission crew back in 2008. Jing Haipen and Chen Dong, crew members of the Shenzhou-11 mission, are expected to stay at the space lab for thirty days...
11 June 2021
China unveils new Mars images, and prepares to launch first astronauts to space station
... with Tianhe at the end of May to automatically deliver supplies, equipment and propellant for the upcoming crewed Shenzhou-12 mission. Both the core module and cargo craft are equipped with independent power supply systems, but...
January 2023
China’s space ambitions fuel defence spending and global innovation
... December 2022 when the Shenzhou-14 crew on board welcomed the three taikonauts of the Shenzhou-15 mission. Over the last decade,...in particular in emerging markets. Long March 2F Y15 with Shenzhou 15 atop rolling to the launch pad at the Jiuquan ...
May 2022
The Space Industry in 2022
...industry. It witnessed the first all-civilian spaceflight, three successful missions to Mars, the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope...RS Metrics. Chinese astronaut Tang Hongbo of the Shenzhou-12 mission works inside the core module Tianhe of the ...
July 2018
Using algae to support astronauts on deep space missions
... but reproduced during the experiment, indicating very low stress levels to the animals. In 2011 on China’s Shenzhou-8 mission, German scientists flew a type of algae known as Euglenoidea together with snails as part of the Science in Microgravity...