China space program

With eye on India, China helps Pakistan launch 2 monitoring satellites

The PRSS-1 will be used for land and resources surveying and has an information security design.

Jul 09, 2018, 20:21 PM IST

China gears up to build a deep-space lab in Luxembourg

A memorandum of the cooperation was signed by the NSSC and the Luxembourg Ministry of the Economy on Tuesday.

Jan 17, 2018, 13:15 PM IST

China's space lab Tiangong-1 is not going to crash, says top Chinese engineer

In September 2016, scientists at China's CNSA space agency admitted to having lost control of the lab, saying that it would be crash-landing on Earth.

Jan 08, 2018, 11:45 AM IST

China to become world's first country to launch a lunar probe on far side of moon

This is a move that has not been made by anyone or any nation before and with this mission, China will outdo the historical achievements of the US and the USSR.

Jan 03, 2018, 08:53 AM IST

China launches land exploration satellite

A Long March-2D rocket carried the satellite into space.

Dec 03, 2017, 12:36 PM IST

China launches three commercial remote sensing satellites

The three satellites -- Jilin-1 04, Jilin-1 05 and Jilin-1 06 -- were launched at 12.50 p.m., from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in Shanxi province.

Nov 21, 2017, 19:13 PM IST

Out of control Chinese space lab to crash-land on Earth soon?

Tiangong was launched by China as part of a plan to show off its position as a global superpower.

Oct 15, 2017, 11:33 AM IST

'Several China's space missions delayed due to failed rocket'

The Long March-5 rocket made its maiden flight in November 2016 from Wenchang, successfully sending its payload into pre-set orbit.

Sep 28, 2017, 16:30 PM IST

China's Mars simulation base planned for science, eco-tourism

Liu Xiaoqun, from the moon and deep-space exploration department of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), said on Tuesday that a planning meeting was held in Qinghai province to determine the base`s development

Sep 05, 2017, 15:35 PM IST

Unbreakable code from space delivered to Earth, courtesy China's quantum satellite!

The satellite sent quantum keys to ground stations in Xinglong, in north China's Hebei province, and Nanshan, near Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur region.

Aug 10, 2017, 18:49 PM IST

Abnormal performance causes obstacle in launch of new Chinese satellite; fails to enter orbit!

Zhongxing-9A was launched aboard the Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre at 12.11 a.m. (local time), reports Xinhua news agency.

Jun 19, 2017, 17:36 PM IST

Lunar dreams: China reveals 2018 plans to launch mini-ecosystems to the moon for the first time!

An 18-centimetre-tall cylinder will carry potato seeds and silkworm eggs to be incubated.

Jun 18, 2017, 15:33 PM IST

Black holes have a new spectator! HXMT - China's first-ever space telescope launched

Weighing 2.5-tonnes, the telescope dubbed Insight, was sent into an orbit of 550 km above the Earth to help scientists better understand the evolution of black holes, and the strong magnetic fields and the interiors of pulsars.

Jun 15, 2017, 11:32 AM IST

Coming soon: China gears up for the launch of its first X-ray space telescope to study Milky Way!

Compared with X-ray astronomical satellites of other countries, HXMT has larger detection area, broader energy range and wider field of view.

May 28, 2017, 15:23 PM IST

China's first cargo spacecraft docks with orbiting lab

In the third docking, Tianzhou-1 will use fast-docking technology.

Apr 22, 2017, 16:09 PM IST

Coming soon: China begins construction of largest cosmic-ray observatory!

It is stated to be one of world's largest cosmic ray facilities.

Mar 16, 2017, 15:47 PM IST

China's advanced lunar mission spaceship under development, say reports!

China came late to crewed space flight, launching its first man into space in 2003, but has advanced rapidly since then.

Mar 10, 2017, 00:10 AM IST

China anticipating a 2018 launch of its space station's experimental core module!

Earlier reports said the new Chinese space station will initially be much smaller than the ISS, which weighs 420 tonnes, but could be expanded for future scientific research and international cooperation.

Mar 02, 2017, 20:14 PM IST

China announces plans to explore three asteroids to understand origins of the solar system!

According to Efe, the priority of the scientists during this mission will be to detect asteroids close to Earth to calculate the probability of their colliding with the planet.

Mar 02, 2017, 00:39 AM IST