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Chinese astronauts return after six months in space
AFP, Published on 16/04/2022
» Three Chinese astronauts landed in northern China on Saturday after 183 days in space, ending the country's longest crewed space mission to date.
SpaceX satellite narrowly missed Chinese lab before complaint
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/12/2021
» A pair of dangerously close space encounters is adding to tensions between the US and China, while underscoring the potential peril to astronauts as satellite constellations and debris proliferate in orbit.
China to launch second space lab in 2016, official says
AFP, Published on 10/09/2014
» China will launch its second orbiting space laboratory in two years' time, a top official said Wednesday, the latest step in an ambitious space programme Beijing says will one day land a Chinese man on the moon.
Chinese astronauts manually dock spacecraft
AFP, Published on 23/06/2013
» Three Chinese astronauts on the country's longest manned space mission on Sunday succeeded in manually docking their spacecraft with a module orbiting Earth, state media said.
China astronaut teaches lesson from space
AFP, Published on 20/06/2013
» A Chinese astronaut orbiting more than 300 kilometres (186 miles) above the Earth's surface delivered a video class to children across the country on Thursday, state television showed in a live broadcast.
China to send second woman into space
AFP, Published on 10/06/2013
» China is to send its second woman astronaut into orbit on its longest mission yet, space officials said Monday, as the country works towards building a space station.
China launches Turkish satellite: state media
AFP, Published on 19/12/2012
» China early Wednesday "successfully" launched a Turkish earth observation satellite into orbit aboard a Chinese rocket, according to state media, hailed in Turkey as a "historic moment".
China to land first moon probe next year
AFP, Published on 31/07/2012
» China has said it will land an exploratory craft on the moon for the first time next year, as part of an ambitious space programme that includes a long-term plan to put a man on the moon.
China set to launch bigger space programme
AFP, Published on 01/07/2012
» China will deploy bigger spacecraft for longer missions following the success of its Shenzhou-9 voyage, allowing it to build a manned space station and potentially put a man on the moon, experts said.
China President praises astronauts for 'space advance'
AFP, Published on 26/06/2012
» Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday told the three astronauts aboard a space capsule they had pushed forward China's space programme, after they carried out the country's first manual docking.