china space program

Shenzhou-8 rolled out for Blastoff to China’s 1st Space Station on November 1

[/caption] China’s Shenzhou-8 capsule and the Long March booster rocket have been rolled out to the Gobi desert launch pad…

13 years ago

Russia Fuels Phobos-Grunt and sets Mars Launch for November 9

[/caption] Russia’s Space Agency, Roscosmos, has set November 9 as the launch date for the Phobos-Grunt mission to Mars and…

13 years ago

Bizarre Video: China’s Tiangong 1 Space Lab Animation set to ‘America the Beautiful’ Soundtrack

http://youtu.be/arCsVh-NePM The Guardian newspaper in England is reporting that China’s state run television, CCTV, and China’s space agency released a…

13 years ago

China Blasts First Space Lab Tiangong 1 to Orbit

[/caption] China launched their first space station module into orbit today (Sept. 29), marking a major milestone in the rapidly…

13 years ago

China set to ‘Leap Forward in Space’ as Tiangong 1 Rolls to Launch Pad

[/caption] China’s human spaceflight program is gearing up to take a highly significant “Leap forward in Space” after their “Tiangong…

13 years ago

China To Launch Space Station Module Prototype

[/caption] China's space program is in the news again, this time with unconfirmed reports that the Tiangong 1 space lab…

13 years ago

China To Launch Space Station in 2010 or 2011

China is planning to launch their own space station, named Tiangong, by the end of 2010 or beginning of 2011.…

15 years ago

US, China Agree to Discuss Cooperation in Space

The United States and China have agreed to discuss expanded cooperation in space exploration and science. According to a joint…

15 years ago