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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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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.
An annular solar eclipse will take place along a path from East Africa to China.
A Chinese remote sensing mission, possibly a military reconnaissance satellite, lifted off from a desert pad atop a Long March rocket Wednesday.
The heads of the U.S. and Chinese civil space agencies will exchange visits next year to discuss potential cooperation in space exploration, including human spaceflight, according to a joint statement issued Thursday.
For the first time, women are among the final candidates to be chosen as the next Chinese astronauts.
A Chinese Long March rocket launched an Indonesian communications satellite into the wrong orbit Monday.
A total eclipse of the sun wowed millions of skywatchers across India and China Wednesday.
Night Sky column for July 17
China sent into orbit a clandestine remote sensing satellite Wednesday.
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