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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 Chinese Sinosat-6 satellite sprung a leak in its helium-pressurization system, reducing its operational life.
China is planning to launch a second moon probe later this year.
A Chinese communications satellite launched Saturday, September 4, 2010, on a Long March rocket,
A Chinese mapping satellite is circling Earth after launching on a Long March rocket Tuesday.
China has completed the first module for its planned space station, with launch set for 2011.
A secret Chinese reconnaissance payload successfully launched on a Long March rocket Monday, the sixth time China has sent a satellite into orbit so far this year.
China's national space program has not been invited to join the International Space Station project, despite a news report from Russia suggesting otherwise.
China successfully shot a scientific research satellite into orbit on a Long March rocket Monday, marking the country's fourth space launch of the year.
China launched another satellite into orbit Wednesday, marking another step in building the country's own space navigation system.
New details are emerging about China's seven new astronauts, a group that includes the country's two first female astronauts.
The launch of an Air Force space plane and a hypersonic glider are the latest space technologies to raise concerns about weapons in space. But is a space weapon race under way?
Space must become more of an international endeavor, three spaceflyers said.
China is setting the stage for three space missions between 2011 and 2016 to form the basis of a manned space station.
China has selected two female pilots as its first women astronauts, but they had to pass the marriage test first.
The leaders of China's human spaceflight endeavors say 2011 is shaping up to be the most ambitious year in the history of the country's space program.
A Chinese remote sensing mission, possibly a military reconnaissance satellite, lifted off from a desert pad atop a Long March rocket Wednesday.
A Chinese Long March rocket hauled a new navigation satellite to a high-altitude perch over Earth on Saturday.
India launched a fleet of 11 small rockets to study the annular solar eclipse on Jan. 15, 2010.
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