March 2015
Sowing a new dream
... dream of being a teacher – a special kind of teacher, one who brings knowledge of space. A woman in space Becoming a qualified taikonaut is never easy, especially for a woman. In our daily life here on Earth, the standards and requirements for...
August 2016
Flying in formation - why China and the rest of the world should collaborate
... decades to come. Chen Lan is an independent analyst. He created the Go Taikonauts! (www.go-taikonauts.com) website in 1998 and is co-founder and contributor to the Go Taikonauts! electronic magazine. He thanks Jacqueline Myrrhe and William Carey for...
November 2016
Emergency dental treatment on way to Mars
It is vital that astronauts, cosmonauts or taikonauts stay in good health during their space missions in order to fulfil designated mission tasks and return to Earth in ...
11 June 2021
China unveils new Mars images, and prepares to launch first astronauts to space station
...will rendezvous and dock with the Tianhe space station module. Three taikonauts, the name for Chinese astronauts, are expected to be on...one to three months have been suggested – but the taikonauts will likely test systems and prepare for the arrival ...
August 2016
Space stations - drivers of cooperation
... considering that its prototype station Tiangong-1 has been in orbit since September 2011 and Chinese astronauts or taikonauts have made as many as five visits and numerous experiments on board to date. There exists a unique opportunity to both...
April 2020
Is space poised to take another giant leap?
... missions with rovers already accomplished, and a pair of sample return missions planned for the coming year. Taikonauts will follow and, before the end of the 2020s, China hopes to have a human lunar presence. Although...
