Tag: Space
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Candidates from Hong Kong, Macau shortlisted for China’s new taikonaut selection
More than 20 candidates have been shortlisted for the final selection of China’s fourth generation of taikonauts, including several candidates from Hong Kong and Macau, the ... -
China announces plan for a new space telescope
China announced plans yesterday to send a new telescope to probe deep into the universe as it prepared to launch the country’s next, three-member crew for ... -
Tianzhou-5 cargo craft re-enters atmosphere, boosts mainland-Macau exchange
China’s Tianzhou-5 cargo craft re-entered the atmosphere in a controlled manner at 9:13 a.m. yesterday, according to the China Manned Space Agency. This satellite is operating ... -
India launches a spacecraft to study the sun after successful landing near the moon’s south pole
India launched its first space mission to study the sun on Saturday, less than two weeks after a successful uncrewed landing near the south polar region ... -
India lands a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole, a world first
India yesterday made history as it became the first country in the world to land a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole, an uncharted territory that ... -
1995 US shuttle docks with Russian space station
American and Russian spacecraft have successfully docked in orbit for the first time in 20 years. The US shuttle Atlantis delivered a relief crew of two ... -
Beijing plans to land astronauts on moon before 2030
China plans to land astronauts on the moon before 2030, which would be another advance in what’s increasingly seen as a new space race. The U.S. ... -
Xi congratulates MUST on ‘Macao Science 1’ satellite launch
Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulated Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) faculty and students Tuesday on the launch of the Macao Science Satellite 1 space ... -
‘Macao Science 1’ space exploration satellites pave way for collaborative endeavors
China sent two satellites of “Macao Science 1,” a space exploration program, into space yesterday. The China National Space Administration (CNSA) said that the satellites ... -
China’s Mars rover finds signs of recent water in sand dunes
Water may be more widespread and recent on Mars than previously thought, based on observations of Martian sand dunes by China’s rover. The finding highlights new, ... -
New source of water found in moon samples from Chinese mission
Scientists have discovered a new and renewable source of water on the moon for future explorers in lunar samples from a Chinese mission. Water was embedded ... -
China recruits new reserve astronauts, open to those SARs
China is projected to recruit 12 to 14 new reserve astronauts, and the selection, which started in September, is open, for the first time, to payload ... -
Rocket taking three to space station to blast off today
A rocket carrying three astronauts to finish building China’s space station will blast off today amid intensifying competition with the U.S., the government said yesterday. The ... -
Gov’t insists a health center suitable for Zone A
Despite many calling for a higher-tier healthcare facility in the New Urban Zone A, the planning entities have insisted a health center would be sufficient. At ... -
China launches third and final space station component
China yesterday 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 ... -
World’s first space tourist signs up for flight around moon
The world’s first space tourist wants to go back — only this time, he’s signed up for a spin around the moon aboard Elon Musk’s Starship. ... -
Chinese astronauts go on spacewalk from new station
Two Chinese astronauts went on a spacewalk Saturday from a new space station that is due to be completed later this year. Cai Xuzhe and Chen ... -
China says remains of rocket booster fall to Earth
Debris from a rocket that boosted part of China’s new space station into orbit fell into the sea in the Philippines yesterday, the Chinese government announced. ... -
Space | China to make six human spaceflights, rocket’s maiden flight in 2022
China will make six manned space flights in 2022 to complete the building of its space station and see the maiden flight of Long March-6A, the ... -
NASA releases Mars landing video: ‘Stuff of our dreams’
NASA yesterday [Macau time] released the first high-quality video of a spacecraft landing on Mars, a three-minute trailer showing the enormous orange and white parachute hurtling ... -
SPACE | Launch of new Orion ship has NASA flying high
With the imminent debut of its Orion spacecraft, NASA is on a high not felt since the space shuttle days. Shuttle veterans, in fact, were leading ... -
SPACE | Mission accomplished: India joins Mars explorers
India triumphed in its first interplanetary mission, placing a satellite into orbit around Mars yesterday and catapulting the country into an elite club of deep-space explorers. ...
