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China Launches Quantum Science Satellite to Test Secure Communications
On Monday, China launched the experimental Quantum Science Satellite designed to demonstrate quantum communications, which could lead to secure communications that cannot be hacked. Kicking off a...
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Is the U.S. Losing the Space Race to China?
House Space Subcommittee Hearing Are We Losing the Space Race to China? Date: Tuesday, September 27, 2016 – 10:00am Location: 2318 Rayburn House Office Building Subcommittees: Witnesses Hon. Dennis C....
View ArticleChinese Astronauts Enter Tiangong-2 Space Station
The other astronaut Chen Dong enters #Tiangong2 space lab pic.twitter.com/5P5J4zDWjn — CCTV+ (@CCTV_Plus) October 18, 2016 Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong have docked their Shenzhou-11...
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China Space Program White Paper Outlines Lunar & Mars Missions
A white paper outlining China’s space policy for the next five years calls for a sample return mission to the moon, a landing on the far side of Earth’s closest neighbor, and the launch of an orbiter...
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Chinese Billionaire Calls for Revamp of Commercial Space Policy
A Long March 3-B rocket lifts off with China’s Chang’e-3 lunar rover. (Credit: CAST) The head of China’s largest search engine wants China to reform its space regulations. Baidu Inc. Chief Executive...
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China Eyes Reusable Boosters, Lifting Bodies & Foreign Launch Sites
Long March 5 on the launch pad. (Credit: China National Space Administration) China’s surging space program is developing reusable launch vehicles and the construction of equatorial spaceports to...
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China Looks for Commercial Lunar, Mars Participation
Image Credit: NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University China is looking to get more commercial companies involved in lunar and Mars exploration. Tian Yulong, secretary general of the China National Space...
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Paging Mark Watney! China to Send Potato Seeds to Moon
Matt Damon as astronaut Mark Watney in “The Martian.” While KFC prepares to send a Zinger chicken sandwich into Outer Space AdjacentTM, China has much bigger ambitions for its Chang’e-4 lunar lander....
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China to Recruit More Astronauts
The crew of Shenzhou-10 after 15 days in space. (Credit: CNSA) China plans to recruit additional astronauts for its growing human spaceflight program. China has provided an update to its human...
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China Launches Satellite to Look for Signals of Earthquakes
China launched a satellite that will search for signals that could help scientists to predict earthquakes on Thursday. The China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite will study electromagnetic signals in...
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China’s Long March 5 Rocket to Return to Flight in Busy Launch Year
Long March 5 on the launch pad. (Credit: China National Space Administration) by Douglas Messier Managing Editor In recent weeks, Chinese officials have revealed more details about the investigation...
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Russia Expresses Lunar Gateway Doubts, Ponders Joint Lunar Surface Base with...
The space station formerly known as the Deep Space Gateway (Credit: NASA) Russian officials are expressing doubts about the American-led Lunar Gateway — which would orbit the moon — while deepening...
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China to Launch First of 320 Satellite Constellation
GB Times reports that China plans to launch the first of a planned 320 communications satellite constellation by the end of this year. The satellite will be sent into a 1,100 km altitude orbit by a...
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NASA’s Lunar Plans Panned by National Space Council’s Users Group
The Lunar Gateway formerly known as the Deep Space Gateway (Credit: NASA) SpaceNews reports that NASA’s plan to put a lunar gateway in orbit around the moon and get astronauts down to the surface in...
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China Lunar Plans Focused on South Pole
China’s Yutu 2 rover drives off the Chang’e-4 lander. (Credit: CNSA) China’s aggressive long-range program explore the moon includes a heavy focus on the south pole where probes have detected water....
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NOAA, FAA AST Space Programs Get Funding Boosts
by Douglas Messier Managing Editor Last week, we took a look at the significant increase in NASA’s budget for FY 2019. In this story, we will examine the budget increases for the Commerce Department —...
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China Introduces Regulations for Private Sector Space Development.
The South China Morning Post reports that the Chinese government has introduced new regulations to govern the development of commercial space companies. They require companies to obtain official...
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China Releases Commercial Launch Vehicle Rules
Chinese OS-M commercial rocket (Credit: OneSpace) SpaceNews reports that the Chinese government has released a set of rules for its growing commercial launch sector. The document outlines rules for the...
View ArticleChina’s First Mars Lander Performs Successful Hover Test
HEBEI HUAILAI, China (CNSA PR) — On November 14, 2019, the China National Space Administration invited some foreign embassies and international organizations to go to Hebei Huailai to observe China’s...
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China Aims to Knock Out U.S. Space Systems in Conflict
China’s 2007 test of its ground-based ASAT missile destroyed one of its own defunct satellites in LEO. The graphic depicts the orbits of trackable debris generated by the test 1 month after the event....
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