The three taikonauts of the Shenzhou-13 crewed space mission welcomed Chinese New Year by decorating the Tianhe core module of China's space station. Cameras captured the Shenzhou-13 crew hanging Spring Festival couplets, Chinese knots and lanterns around the space station. The ...
China has lost control of its massive 19,000 pound space station, and no one is sure where -- or when -- it will fall from orbit. Meanwhile, SpaceX is preparing to launch the "Falcon Heavy," its largest rocket ever. CBS News space consultant Bi
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 ...
We spoke with CGTN reporter Sun Ye, who was at the launch site, to explore the new crew’s potential contributions to the space station project and what this signifies for China's manned space exploration program. A previous episode on Tiangong: https://radio.cgtn.com/podcast/news/5/The...
TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – China's Shenzhou-13 crewed spaceship docked successfully with the radial port of the space station core module Tianhe at 6:56 a.m. Saturday Beijing Time.Download 14 MB News ID 179746 Marzieh Rahmani Related News VIDEO...
"Although Tiangong-2 was successful, we still have many regrets about the experiment. We hope to have the opportunity to do better on the space station," She added. Tiangong-2 tested the first-ever cold atom clock in space, which was so accurate that it would only lose one second in 30...
China is moving steadily towards the third phase of the "three-step" strategy and is expected to complete the construction of the space station in 2022. After the decommissioning of the International Space Station in 2024, China may become the only country with a space station. ...
China's first "ground space station," the domestically developed Space Environment Simulation and Research Infrastructure (SESRI), passed its acceptance review on Tuesday in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. SESRI is a ground-based, large-scale space science and te...
China has used LEDs in space and has expanded the range of applications that use them. Among the numerous lighting applications on space missions, LEDs currently illuminate Chinese spacecraft for their rendezvous with the international space station. They also light female astronaut Liu Yang as she...
News By Mike Wall ( space.com-spaceflight ) published April 2, 2018 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Update for 9:30 p.m. EDT: China's Tiangong-1 space station fell to Earth above the southern Pacific Ocean ...