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China's Tianwen-3 Mars Sample Return Mission Targets 2031 Ahead of NASA, ESA
China's Tianwen-3 mission aims to return Martian rock samples to Earth by 2031, setting a benchmark in space exploration. Scheduled for launch in 2028, the mission will employ cutting-edge technologies, including a lander, ascent vehicle, rover, and helicopter, to gather samples from regions like Utopia Planitia and Chryse Planitia. These areas wer...
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China’s Tiangong Space Station Set for Expansion with New Modules and Upgrades
China's Tiangong space station, operational for nearly two years, is preparing for significant upgrades to expand its capabilities. Plans include modifying the station's structure from a T-shape to a cross shape, allowing for additional modules. The development of the Mengzhou spacecraft, designed for lunar and Tiangong missions, is also on the age...
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Chinese Company Deep Blue Aerospace Aims to Start Space Tourism by 2027
Deep Blue Aerospace, based in Jiangsu, China, has announced its intention to enter the space tourism market, planning to launch paying customers into suborbital space by 2027. Tickets will cost approximately $210,000, promising a comprehensive journey beyond a brief weightlessness experience. The reusable rocket-capsule system is similar to Blue Or...
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Chinese Company To Sell Tickets For Space Tourism Flights In 2027
A Chinese company will launch sales on Thursday of two tickets for a commercial spaceflight planned for 2027.
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China To Build Lunar Space Station, Explore Habitable Planets Under New Plan
China announced plans to launch a manned lunar mission, construct a lunar space station and explore habitable planets and extra-terrestrial life to expand its space programme in the next few decades.
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China to Build Lunar Space Station and Explore Other Planets for Habitability by 2050
China has revealed plans to construct a lunar space station, with the goal of exploring habitable planets and searching for extraterrestrial life. The country will launch a manned lunar mission in the next few years as part of its long-term space programme, which spans from 2024 to 2050. China’s key priorities include studying planetary atmospher...
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China Aims to Launch Tianwen-3 Mars Sample-Return Mission in 2028, Surpassing US in Space Race
China is preparing to launch its Tianwen-3 mission around 2028, aiming to return samples from Mars. Liu Jizhong, Chief Designer, shared details at the Tiandu Forum in Huangshan City, Anhui Province. The mission will involve collecting samples from the Martian surface, returning them to Earth through a docking process in Mars’ orbit. Liu also high...
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Russia, China "Seriously" Planning Nuclear Reactor On Moon By 2035: Report
Russia and China are "seriously" considering a project to install a nuclear reactor on the Moon in the next decade, the official media in Moscow quoted the head of the Russian space corporation as saying.
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China's Youngest-Ever Astronaut Crew Head To Space Station
China sent a fresh crew to its Tiangong space station on Thursday, in the latest mission for a growing space programme that plans to send people to the Moon by 2030.
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China Sending Youngest-Ever Crew Of Astronauts To Space Station
China will send its youngest-ever crew of astronauts to the Tiangong space station this week, officials said Wednesday, as Beijing pursues plans for a manned mission to the Moon by the end of the decade.
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China Plans To Double Size Of Its Space Station To Rival NASA
China plans to expand its space station to six modules from three in coming years, offering astronauts from other nations an alternative platform for near-Earth missions as the NASA-led International Space Station (ISS) nears the end of its lifespan.
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As Chandrayaan-3 Prepares to Land on the Moon, Why Are Space Agencies Racing to the Lunar South Pole?
India's space agency ISRO is attempting to land a spacecraft, the Chandrayaan-3, on the Moon's south pole, a mission that could advance India's space ambitions and expand knowledge of lunar water ice, potentially one of the moon's most valuable resources.
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China Plans To Send Crewed Spacecraft To Moon By 2030
China plans to send two rockets to the moon by 2030, one carrying the spacecraft that will land on the surface and the other transporting the astronauts.
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Chinese Mission With First Civilian Reaches Space Station
China sent three astronauts to its Tiangong space station on Tuesday, putting a civilian into orbit for the first time as it pursues plans to send a crewed mission to the Moon by 2030.
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China Launches Mission With First Civilian To Space Station
China sent three astronauts to its Tiangong space station on Tuesday, putting a civilian into orbit for the first time as it pursues plans to send a crewed mission to the Moon by the end of the decade.
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China's Tianwen-3 Mars Sample Return Mission Targets 2031 Ahead of NASA, ESA
China's Tianwen-3 mission aims to return Martian rock samples to Earth by 2031, setting a benchmark in space exploration. Scheduled for launch in 2028, the mission will employ cutting-edge technologies, including a lander, ascent vehicle, rover, and helicopter, to gather samples from regions like Utopia Planitia and Chryse Planitia. These areas wer...
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China’s Tiangong Space Station Set for Expansion with New Modules and Upgrades
China's Tiangong space station, operational for nearly two years, is preparing for significant upgrades to expand its capabilities. Plans include modifying the station's structure from a T-shape to a cross shape, allowing for additional modules. The development of the Mengzhou spacecraft, designed for lunar and Tiangong missions, is also on the age...
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Chinese Company Deep Blue Aerospace Aims to Start Space Tourism by 2027
Deep Blue Aerospace, based in Jiangsu, China, has announced its intention to enter the space tourism market, planning to launch paying customers into suborbital space by 2027. Tickets will cost approximately $210,000, promising a comprehensive journey beyond a brief weightlessness experience. The reusable rocket-capsule system is similar to Blue Or...
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Chinese Company To Sell Tickets For Space Tourism Flights In 2027
A Chinese company will launch sales on Thursday of two tickets for a commercial spaceflight planned for 2027.
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China To Build Lunar Space Station, Explore Habitable Planets Under New Plan
China announced plans to launch a manned lunar mission, construct a lunar space station and explore habitable planets and extra-terrestrial life to expand its space programme in the next few decades.
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China to Build Lunar Space Station and Explore Other Planets for Habitability by 2050
China has revealed plans to construct a lunar space station, with the goal of exploring habitable planets and searching for extraterrestrial life. The country will launch a manned lunar mission in the next few years as part of its long-term space programme, which spans from 2024 to 2050. China’s key priorities include studying planetary atmospher...
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China Aims to Launch Tianwen-3 Mars Sample-Return Mission in 2028, Surpassing US in Space Race
China is preparing to launch its Tianwen-3 mission around 2028, aiming to return samples from Mars. Liu Jizhong, Chief Designer, shared details at the Tiandu Forum in Huangshan City, Anhui Province. The mission will involve collecting samples from the Martian surface, returning them to Earth through a docking process in Mars’ orbit. Liu also high...
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Russia, China "Seriously" Planning Nuclear Reactor On Moon By 2035: Report
Russia and China are "seriously" considering a project to install a nuclear reactor on the Moon in the next decade, the official media in Moscow quoted the head of the Russian space corporation as saying.
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China's Youngest-Ever Astronaut Crew Head To Space Station
China sent a fresh crew to its Tiangong space station on Thursday, in the latest mission for a growing space programme that plans to send people to the Moon by 2030.
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China Sending Youngest-Ever Crew Of Astronauts To Space Station
China will send its youngest-ever crew of astronauts to the Tiangong space station this week, officials said Wednesday, as Beijing pursues plans for a manned mission to the Moon by the end of the decade.
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China Plans To Double Size Of Its Space Station To Rival NASA
China plans to expand its space station to six modules from three in coming years, offering astronauts from other nations an alternative platform for near-Earth missions as the NASA-led International Space Station (ISS) nears the end of its lifespan.
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As Chandrayaan-3 Prepares to Land on the Moon, Why Are Space Agencies Racing to the Lunar South Pole?
India's space agency ISRO is attempting to land a spacecraft, the Chandrayaan-3, on the Moon's south pole, a mission that could advance India's space ambitions and expand knowledge of lunar water ice, potentially one of the moon's most valuable resources.
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China Plans To Send Crewed Spacecraft To Moon By 2030
China plans to send two rockets to the moon by 2030, one carrying the spacecraft that will land on the surface and the other transporting the astronauts.
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Chinese Mission With First Civilian Reaches Space Station
China sent three astronauts to its Tiangong space station on Tuesday, putting a civilian into orbit for the first time as it pursues plans to send a crewed mission to the Moon by 2030.
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China Launches Mission With First Civilian To Space Station
China sent three astronauts to its Tiangong space station on Tuesday, putting a civilian into orbit for the first time as it pursues plans to send a crewed mission to the Moon by the end of the decade.
