29 March 2018
China's Tiangong-1 space lab is destined for Earth, soon!
... debris from varying space-related craft. As of yesterday (29 March, 2018), China’s Manned Space website reports that Tiangong-1 stayed at an average altitude of about 196.4 kilometres and the estimated reentry window still remains between 31 March...
19 July 2019
China's Tiangong-2 space lab to deorbit today
...above the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and Chile, China's space station Tiangong-2 is due to fall back to Earth any minute now, if ... a robotic refuelling freighter in April 2017 to dock with Tiangong-2 and carry out a series of tests. However the...
16 September 2016
China launches its second space lab 'Tiangong 2' into orbit
... to try and ascertain how these bursts produce such high-energy photons in the first place. “By itself, Tiangong 2 is not a monumental achievement, but it is an important step in a larger effort to eventually build a Chinese space station” says Brian...
21 September 2016
China's first space lab is heading for a crash landing
... it was unlikely to cause damage to the ground or affect aviation activities, be that as it may China will continue to monitor Tiangong-1 and strengthen early warning for possible collision with objects. Although it was not stipulated what parts...
04 July 2017
Rocket failure could delay China's Chang'e 5 mission
..., is China's most powerful booster. It is said to be three times as powerful as the current Long March 2F rocket that delivered Tiangong-2 - China's second space station - into orbit last September. However, despite efforts to change its flight path...
07 November 2018
China unveils its new space station 'Heavenly Palace'
... it going. Step forward China. China already has experience with Earth-orbiting space stations. It sent up the Tiangong-1, the country’s first prototype space lab, in September 2011, where it spent nearly seven years in space before...
