China's next-generation manned carrier rocket is expected to make its debut launch in 2027. The new rocket is being developed to launch the next generation of manned spacecraft and planned lunar landers."All the development and research work and plans
China's next manned spaceflight — the Shenzhou XIV mission — will soon be launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The Shenzhou XIV mission will become the country's ninth manned spaceflight, with its three-member crew...
NASA won't fly manned tests of its next spacecraft, the Orion MPCV, until at least 2021, according to top administrators at the agency. The agency has been developing Orion and the Space Launch System heavy-lift launch vehicle, the rocket that will power the spacecraft, since last year. ...
China's roadmap for its first manned lunar expedition involves two Long March 10 launches from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province to transport a landing module and a manned spacecraft to lunar orbit. After reaching their preset orbital positions, the landing module and the space...
NASA and Russia have set the first launch date for the next International Space Station crew to lift off on a Soyuz rocket, after an August accident of a related rocket crashed an unmanned cargo spacecraft.
China is advancing the research of next-generation manned launch vehicles and heavy-duty rockets to support its upcoming space missions. When completed, the new Long March launch vehicles could be used in China's manned lunar landing program and the construction of an inter...
The astronaut candidates were training in teams and the pair that showed the best teamwork would be the next Chinese in space, Huang Chunping, the man who pushed the launch button for China's first manned spaceflight in 2003, was quoted as saying by the Web site Chinanews.com. ...
A Long March CZ-2F rocket carrying the manned craft 'Shenzhou V' is launched into space from the Jiuquan launch center, 2003. China will launch a manned spacecraft between June and August on a mission to take three astronauts to the Tiangong-1 module currently orbiting the Earth. ...
President Hu Jintao watched the launch at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China’s Gansu Province. Hu called the launch “the glory of our great motherland and a mark for the initial victory of the country’s first manned space flight and for the significant, historic step of...