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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 ...
The spacecraft is carrying loads from four different space agencies, including Pakistan's first-ever lunar mission. Their ICUBE-Q will orbit the moon and try to take pictures of the Earth and moon. Khalil Hashmi, Pakistan's Ambassador to China celebrated the successful lau...
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
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 ...
A Long March-8 rocket, carrying the relay satellite Queqiao-2 for Earth-Moon communications, blasts off at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China's Hainan Province, March 20, 2024. After 24 minutes of flight, the satellite separated from the rocket, and entered the planned Earth-Moo...
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...
China Launches Shenzhou-16 Mission to Chinese Space Station - State Media More Reuters A Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-16 spacecraft and three astronauts, takes off from the launching area of Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center for a crewed mission to China'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. ...
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...