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Latest News About China's Space Program
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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The orbits of the two vehicles just don't match up.
From New Year's moon mission to a supernova space oddity. vote for your top space story of the week.
China plans more moon missions, including a robotic lunar sample return flight in 2016.
The Beidou satnav system currently consists of 10 satellites but will grow to 35 by 2020.
The 50th anniversary of human spaceflight brought big changes.
China's Dec. 22 launch surpassed the U.S. tally for most rocket launches in year.
China will launch a massive Nigerian communications satellite Monday to link Africans with television programming, education services and navigation signals.
End of a Shuttle era, on-orbit & launch failures, space station completion, and private space growth highlight an exciting year in spaceflight.
With China, India and Japan ramping up space activities, an unspoken space race is taking place in Asia.
The Chinese Long March rocket launched into orbit carrying a navigation satellite.
A Chinese Long March 2D rocket launched into space carrying two satellites.
The unmanned Shenzhou-8 spacecraft landed on November 17 in China, marking its successful separation and return to Earth from the Tiangong-1 space station. This animated look shows the dock, separation and landing.
The unmanned Shenzhou 8 spacecraft landed in inner Mongolia to end a smooth docking test flight.
The unmanned Shenzhou 8 vehicle separated today from its orbital partner, Tiangong 1.
Shenzhou 8 will link up with the previously launched Tiangong 1 module to perform the first Chinese space docking.
The docking represents a step forward for China's burgeoning space program.
China launched a military recon satellite and a new university-built spacecraft during the space shot.
The space office will process letters and e-mails to Chinese astronauts.
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