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China launched a solar exploration satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the country's northwest on Sunday, furthering its scientific endeavors to unravel the secrets of the sun. The Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S) was launched aboard a Long...
Chang'e-6 could signal a move from an"era of exploration" to an "era of exploitation", according to the mission's launch commander. One space scientist isn't sure that's a good idea. "Exploration is driving the science but the possibility of seeing the moon as a r...
south China's Hainan Province. Construction work was completed Friday on the No. 1 launch pad of China's first commercial spacecraft launch site, in the city of Wenchang, on south China's island province of
The launch is the first of three tests by China's space agency before an attempt to land a crew and build a base on the south pole of the moon. Friday 3 May 2024 12:51, UK China Moon Landing Space This is a modal window.
The Chang'e-5 mission, named after the ancient Chinese goddess of the moon, blasted off on Tuesday from the Wenchang Spacecraft launch site on the southern island of Hainan. Its mission is to land a module on the moon to collect samples of rock and dust before r...
China successfully launched a Shiyan-6 satellite on a Long March-2D carrier rocket at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 7:44 a.m. BJT on Sunday. The satellite has entered its preset orbit. This is the second satellite of the Shiyan-6 series and is mainly used for space environment ...
India recently conducted a flight abort test as part of a program to launch its astronauts to orbit in 2025. Editor's note: This story was updated at 11:10 a.m. EDT on Oct. 26 with news of the successful docking of Shenzhou 17 with Tiangong. Join our Space Forums to keep talking s...
A Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket carrying four meteorological satellites blasted off at 7:20 p.m. Beijing Time from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Friday. The satellites successfully entered their designated orbit, marking the first win for China's space program in 2024. ...
JIUQUAN, April 25 (Xinhua) -- China on Thursday launched the Shenzhou-18 manned spaceship to send three taikonauts to its orbiting Tiangong space station for a six-month mission. The spaceship, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwe...