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China became the third country ever to launch a human into space in 2003 and has been expanding its space program ever since. Get the latest news about China's space program, launches and space missions.
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Google Earth community members have spotted a strange installation by the remote Chinese village of Huangyangtan. A 800x700 meter scale model of a mountainous landscape has been created right next to a military base.
China is readying a set of radio telescopes to monitor that country’s first lunar orbiter—Chang’e 1—according to Li Yan, director of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Yunnan Observatory.
SHANGHAI, China (AP) – China plans a manned lunar mission by 2024 that will include a walk on the moon's surface, a top Chinese scientist was quoted as saying in a Hong Kong newspaper.
A version of this essay was first presented by Michael F. Lembeck is the Director for Northrop Grumman’s Space Exploration Systems Houston Operations, at the National Society of Black Engineer’s Annual Conference luncheon in Pittsburgh, PA this past April
China’s escalating expertise in space is also enhancing its competence as a global military force.
Space officials in China are eying April of next year for the launch of their first lunar orbiter—Chang’e-I.
WASHINGTON -- Chinese space officials skipped out early on an invitation-only exploration workshop sponsored by NASA.
China's first space launch of the year came Wednesday when a multipurpose remote sensing satellite was carried into orbit to begin a mission to aid scientific users and serve economic needs.
If schedules hold, spacecraft from India, China and Japan will be moonbound before NASA’s own Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter swings into action in 2008. Already on duty, the European Space Agency’s SMART-1 is wrapping up its survey work.
NASA administrator Michael Griffin said Tuesday that he will visit China and open up a dialogue with the country’s national space agency.
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How best to work with China is increasingly becoming part of a space policy debate in the United States. But the Cold War is over, and quasi-captialist China is no Soviet Union.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Chinese space officials have invited NASA Administrator Michael Griffin to visit their country the fall, possibly as early as September.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – China is celebrating its 50th anniversary of space progress this year, but also laying out a sweeping plan for lofting Earth orbiting satellites for a multitude of duties, expanding its human spaceflight abilities, and carrying o
WASHINGTON - Some congressmen believe the United States and China are in an unacknowledged space race that this country could lose if it doesn't spend more money on the civilian space program.
Chinese space planners have outlined the objectives for the next several missions of their piloted Shenzhou missions. Next up is Shenzhou 7, China’s third human spaceflight that will liftoff in 2008 and include a space walk.
LEAGUE CITY, TX – China’s space program is about three decades from landing astronauts on the Moon, but will make significant strides during that time, according to one expert following the nation’s human spaceflight efforts.
BEIJING (AP) – China's next space flight will carry three astronauts into orbit to perform a spacewalk and prepare for an eventual space station, newspapers reported Thursday.
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