4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (358+ words) A prototype of China's Qingzhou, or "Light Ship", robotic cargo spacecraft has completed a host of assignments and will continue to carry out technology verification and tests in orbit, according to its developer. The single-section cargo vessel, weighing 4. 2 metric tons,…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (491+ words) China Daily - Global Edition Lunar soil bears proof of organic matter An international research team has identified nitrogen-bearing organic compounds on the surface of moon soil for the first time, providing a new window into how the building blocks of…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago  (352+ words) BEIJING -- The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) has released a new video diary offering a detailed look at the daily work of the three Shenzhou XXI astronauts aboard the Tiangong space station, with a focus on a series of advanced…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (293+ words) LOS ANGELES -- Four astronauts returned safely to Earth on Friday after completing a 10-day mission around the Moon, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said. The capsule Orion touched down at about 17: 07 local time (0007 GMT Saturday) in the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (353+ words) China's Chang'e 7 robotic lunar mission is scheduled for launch in the second half of this year and will survey the environment and resources of the moon's south pole, the China Manned Space Agency said. As of Thursday night, all components…...

2+ week, 34+ min ago  (328+ words) China Daily - Global Edition China-built engine fueled by hydrogen test-flown A 7. 5-metric ton unmanned cargo aircraft powered by the AEP100, China's independently developed megawatt-class hydrogen-fueled turboprop engine, successfully completed its maiden flight on Saturday at an airport in Zhuzhou, Hunan province,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (247+ words) The maiden flight of the TL 3, a new heavy-lift model of liquid-propellant carrier rocket, built by Beijing-based private rocket maker Space Pioneer, was unsuccessful on Friday afternoon. The rocket blasted off at 12: 17 pm from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (276+ words) NASA's Artemis II mission lifted off on Wednesday from Florida, sending four astronauts on the first crewed flight around the moon in more than 50 years. The Space Launch System rocket, with the Orion spacecraft atop, launched from NASA's Kennedy Space…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (684+ words) China recently sent five advanced healthcare devices into orbit aboard an experimental vessel, marking the nation's first practical step toward realizing its dream of building a hospital in space. The devices will be tested in orbit over the next three…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (829+ words) A leading commercial space company conducted the debut flight of its new carrier rocket model on Monday, placing an experimental robotic cargo spaceship and two satellites into their designated orbits. Kinetica 2, the new rocket model developed by Beijing-headquartered CAS Space,…...