The Pigeon Express
Debris from a Chinese rocket is expected to crash to Earth in an uncontrolled re-entry this weekend. The probability of it landing in any populated area is extremely low. But it has raised questions about how different countries take responsibility for their space junk. There have previously been calls by Nasa for the Chinese space […]
Three Chinese astronauts successfully docked with China’s new space station, state media said, on what is set to be Beijing’s longest crewed mission to date and the latest landmark in its drive to become a major space power. The three blasted off shortly after midnight on Saturday from the Jiuquan launch centre in northwestern China’s Gobi […]
Astronauts at China’s new space station conducted their first spacewalk on Sunday as Beijing presses on with its extraterrestrial ambitions. Three Chinese spacemen blasted off in June, docking at the Tiangong station where they are to remain for three months in China’s longest crewed mission to date. On Sunday morning, two of them exited the […]
., a landmark step for Beijing to establish its dominance over space. Three astronauts launched on a Long March-2F rocket for the Tiangong station, where they will spend three months. The event was broadcasted live on state television. Lift-off happened at 9:22 am local time from the Jiuquan launch centre in northwest China’s Gobi desert, […]