
Milestone Year: China’s Space Program Reaches New Heights
China’s space program has experienced a remarkable year filled with significant launches and milestones, sparking global attention and anticipation for what the future holds.
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China’s space program has experienced a remarkable year filled with significant launches and milestones, sparking global attention and anticipation for what the future holds.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has safely completed the closest-ever approach to the sun by a human-made object, passing just 6.1 million kilometers from the solar surface and sending vital data back to Earth.
Ahead of China’s historic Chang’e-6 mission in 2024, a new documentary “Back to the Far Side” offers an in-depth look at the quest to retrieve the first-ever lunar samples from the moon’s far side.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is set to make a historic close approach to the sun, venturing closer than any spacecraft before.
China successfully launched a communication technology test satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, marking the 554th mission of the Long March series rockets.
SpaceX has conducted a successful static fire of its Super Heavy booster, paving the way for the anticipated seventh test flight of Starship, which is integral to NASA’s Artemis Moon mission.
China is set to launch its new Long March-8A Y1 rocket in January 2025, marking a significant milestone in its space exploration efforts and aiming to enhance its satellite deployment capabilities.
NASA delays its Artemis moon missions due to spacecraft issues, rescheduling Artemis II for April 2026 and Artemis III for mid-2027.
Tech billionaire and space pioneer Jared Isaacman has been nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to lead NASA, marking a new era in collaboration with private space companies like SpaceX.
NASA has awarded SpaceX a $256.6 million contract to launch the Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s moon Titan, marking a significant step in the search for life’s building blocks.
An asteroid has been orbiting Earth as a “mini moon” and may be a fragment from our own moon. NASA plans to study it during its return in January before it departs until 2055.
China has unveiled detailed plans for its first manned lunar mission, showcasing astronauts driving a lunar rover on the moon’s surface, signaling a significant advancement in its space exploration efforts.
China’s inflatable space capsule successfully passed an in-orbit test aboard the Shijian-19 satellite, marking a significant advancement in space technology, according to the China Academy of Space Technology.
China’s 6th Human Space Symposium opened in Shenzhen, uniting over 800 experts to celebrate milestones and discuss the future of manned space exploration.
China’s Long March-10 carrier rocket series has successfully completed a critical fairing separation test, marking significant progress toward the nation’s goal of landing astronauts on the moon by 2030.
SpaceX launched another Starship rocket, aborting a mid-air booster catch and directing it to a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico. The spacecraft continued its journey, testing new objectives in space.
The Tianzhou-7 cargo spacecraft successfully reentered Earth’s atmosphere on Sunday, marking a key achievement in China’s space program as it completes its mission supplying the space station.
Chinese astronauts aboard the China Space Station have opened the Tianzhou-8 cargo spacecraft, marking a significant milestone in China’s space exploration efforts.
China’s Tianzhou-8 cargo spacecraft successfully docked with the nation’s space station, marking a significant milestone in its space program and paving the way for the Shenzhou-19 crew’s next mission.
China successfully launched the Tianzhou-8 cargo spacecraft from Hainan, marking a significant achievement in its space exploration efforts.