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US keeps eye on China’s space activities for potential risks
9Dec By adminNo Comments
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US keeps eye on China’s space activities for potential risks

[ad_1] The US is closely monitoring Chinese activities that potentially threaten American assets in space. The US is closely monitoring Chinese activities that potentially threaten American assets in space as debris rapidly accumulates in low Earth orbit, the head of United States military operations in space said Friday.Commander of US Space Command Army Gen. James Dickinson also cheered the overwhelming passage in the United Nations of a resolution that countries not conduct direct-ascent antisatellite tests that create vast fields of space debris, which endanger satellites and space stations. Of the four countries that have conducted such ASAT tests, the United States was the only one that voted in favour, while China and Russia voted no and India abstained. “We can't continue to c...
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China astronauts return from Tiangong space station
5Dec By adminNo Comments
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China astronauts return from Tiangong space station

[ad_1] Three Chinese astronauts safely returned to Earth on Sunday after six months aboard the Tiangong space station. Three Chinese astronauts safely returned to Earth on Sunday after six months aboard the Tiangong space station, state media quoted the country's space agency as saying, with their mission deemed a "complete success."The team, which had been aboard the station since early June, touched down at the Dongfeng landing site in Inner Mongolia at 8:09 pm Beijing time (1209 GMT), Xinhua news agency said, citing the China Manned Space Agency. Medical personnel said they were in good health, the report said. The Tiangong space station is the crown jewel of Beijing's ambitious space programme -- which has landed robotic rovers on Mars and the Moon, and made the country the third ...
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China astronauts reach Tiangong space station
30Nov By adminNo Comments
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China astronauts reach Tiangong space station

[ad_1] Chinese astronauts on Wednesday arrived at the Tiangong space station, where they completed the country's first-ever crew handover in orbit, state news agency Xinhua reported.The trio blasted off aboard a Long March-2F rocket at 11:08 pm (1508 GMT) from the Jiuquan launch centre in northwestern China's Gobi desert, Xinhua said, citing the China Manned Space Administration (CMSA). The vessel -- carrying veteran Fei Junlong and first-time astronauts Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu -- successfully docked with the station early Wednesday, the agency said, according to Xinhua. They then joined three other astronauts who had been aboard the Tiangong space station since early June.Fei, 57, is returning to space after 17 years, having commanded the Shenzhou-6 mission in 2005.The mission's ma...
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China poses increasing threat in military space race, top U.S. general says
28Nov By adminNo Comments
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China poses increasing threat in military space race, top U.S. general says

[ad_1] Nina Armagno, director of staff of the U.S. Space Force, said Beijing had made significant progress in developing military space technology. Rapid advancements in China's military capabilities pose increasing risks to American supremacy in outer space, the head of the United States military's space wing said on Monday. Nina Armagno, director of staff of the U.S. Space Force, said Beijing had made significant progress in developing military space technology, including in areas such as satellite communications and re-useable spacecraft, which allow countries to rapidly scale up their space programs. “I think it's entirely possible they could catch up and surpass us, absolutely,” Armagno said at an event in Sydney run by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, a research o...
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China launches 3rd and final space station component
31Oct By adminNo Comments
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China launches 3rd and final space station component

[ad_1] Mengtian was blasted into space on Monday afternoon from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on the southern island province of Hainan. China on Monday launched the third and final module to complete its permanent space station and realize a more than decade-long effort to maintain a constant crewed presence in orbit, as its competition with the U.S. grows increasingly fierce. Mengtian was blasted into space on Monday afternoon from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on the southern island province of Hainan. A large crowd of amateur photographers, space enthusiasts and others watched the lift-off from an adjoining beach. Many waved Chinese flags and wore T-shirts emblazoned with the characters for China, reflecting the deep national pride invested in the space progra...
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China’s ‘space dream’: A Long March to the Moon and beyond
31Oct By adminNo Comments
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China’s ‘space dream’: A Long March to the Moon and beyond

[ad_1] The world's second-largest economy has put billions into its military-run space programme, with hopes of eventually sending humans to the Moon. China successfully launched the final module of its Tiangong space station on Monday, inching closer to completion by the end of the year and a landmark moment in the country's space ambitions.The world's second-largest economy has put billions into its military-run space programme, with hopes of eventually sending humans to the Moon. China has come a long way in catching up with the United States and ussia, whose astronauts and cosmonauts have decades of experience in space exploration. Here is a look at the country's space programme, and where it is headed: - Mao's vow - Soon after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957, Chairman M...
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