22 July 2020
China's first Mars rover set to launch tomorrow
... they re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 January, 2012. Despite this setback, China has found success with their lunar missions, with the next, Chang’e 5, scheduled for launch later this year. This has prompted the Chinese...
19 November 2020
Agreement to accelerate commercial space growth
... forward to accelerating commercialisation of low Earth orbit as well as development of deep space exploration, including lunar missions in this unique US-Japan strategic private partnership.” TerraMetric is a global space business development firm...
June 2021
China’s ascending commercial space sector
...EO constellations, and the fourth phase of the China Lunar Exploration Program. Overall, despite the 2020s having begun ... year, and future Chang’e missions, deep space exploration missions and even human lunar missions planned for later in the decade...
06 May 2020
China launches prototype spacecraft on maiden flight of Long March 5B
..., China is now likely to proceed with its Tianwen-1 mission in July. Tianwen-1, meaning ‘questions to heaven’, and ...another Long March 5 rocket to haul its Chang’e 5 robotic lunar mission into space later this year. Chang’e 5, which was postponed ...
March 2017
Space for art: Quilting in orbit
... I was impressed to also find the story of the Apollo lunar missions being told through quilts. The Moon in the Classroom” by ...of July 20, 1969; honour all of the Apollo missions; recognise all of the Apollo astronauts; investigate scientific Moon...
02 December 2019
Chang'e 4 relay satellite now a radio telescope
... China sent to the Moon as part of its fourth lunar mission, Chang’e 4, has been repurposed as a radio telescope for...Frequency Explorer (NCLE); a prototype radio telescope with a mission to detect electromagnetic signals from just after the Big Bang....
