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The chinese Landspace ZhuQue-2 became first Methane/Oxygen rocket that reach space
sadly not orbit, second stage failure.
View: https://twitter.com/CNSpaceflight/status/1602972898607579137
China finishes 2022 with 62 successful orbital launches.
In 2023, new rockets aim to increase cadence, the Xuntian telescope is slated to launch, and work will continue on Tiangong and international science missions.
By Adrian Beil (@BCCarCounters):
Finally, official update of Yutu-2 Rover on the fourth anniversary of Chang'e-4 landing on the far side of the Moon: surveying distance passed 1455m. Previous update was 1300m in September of 2022. But, still waiting for the release of new lunar images and the map of driving.
(Source: CNSpaceflight on Twitter)
It's very concerning that CNSA has had no updates of Tianwen-1/Zhurong for quite a while
isn't this the LM-5CZ?
Chang’e 7 lunar rover & hopper mission CG. Chang’e 7’s hopper will explore ice in permanently shadowed craters at South Pole of the moon in 2026, after Chang’e 6 far side lunar soil return mission in 2024. Full HD:
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BEIJING, March 3 (Xinhua) -- China plans to launch a new interplanetary mission targeting a small near-Earth asteroid, said the country's space agency.
The scheduled Tianwen-2 mission will sample an asteroid called 2016 HO3, return to Earth, and then head out again to a main-belt comet 311P.
The China National Space Administration revealed the plan in a notice on Thursday, saying that the mission has obtained official approval, and scientists will hold an academic seminar about Tianwen-2 scientific exploration and its data processing technologies in April.
Tianwen-2 is the second mission in China's Tianwen series of planetary endeavors. Launched on July 23, 2020, Tianwen-1, comprised of an orbiter, lander, and rover, arrived on Mars.
Over the past two years, the Tianwen-1 has relayed a torrent of data to Earth, making contributions to many interplanetary exploration discoveries. It will continue to perform multiple tasks related to the red planet, according to the administration.
Tianlong-2 made succesful launch on first try
they used synthetic kerosene made from coal
Maybe because converting one fossil fuel into yet another fossil fuel isn't really all that much technological progress in this day and age?Tianlong-2 made succesful launch on first try
they used synthetic kerosene made from coal
And people still think China is a backwards nation.
View: https://twitter.com/CNSAWatcher/status/1646386488416804864Illustration of the Lunar Research Station prototype formed by Chang'e-7 and Chang'e-8
“Super Mason” brick-making robot by HUST will be onboard Chang’e 8 to the moon. First lunar brick will be made in-situ as building block for the lunar base.
China's Mars sample return mission Tianwen-3:
2 CZ5 to launch lander & ascent vehicle assembly and orbiter & return module assembly NET 2030, aerobraking for latter
to retrieve 500g samples in 3 ways: scooping, drilling & remote sampling by a helicopter or 6-legged robot
animation of the six-legged robot collecting Mars samples
2-stage ascent vehicle with solid first stage & liquid 2nd stage. 360kg launch mass at liftoff. Solar panels installed
Samples separate from the ascent vehicle after being delivered to Mars orbit
Robotic arm on the orbiter to capture and move the samples to return module
CNSA announces that 1.5g Chang'e-5 lunar sample has been shared with France during Macron's state visit in early April and another 1.5g with Russia during Putin's visit in 2022.
View: https://twitter.com/cnspaceflight/status/1650695541297405953The Chinese Space Agency just released a design of a fully-reusable Long March 9 variant. Test flights by 2033, the agency states.
Say what you want about the design similarity to SpaceX’s Starship, but I’m just glad the CNSA is pursuing full-reusability. Almost no one else is.
Long March 9 second stage reuse in 2040s
View: https://twitter.com/CNSpaceflight/status/1649758372974198785the two Chinese interstellar probes, which seem nuclear powered, to the nose and tail regions of heliosphere have got a name: 神梭 Shensuo (梭 means the shuttle). Waiting for a replay of the lecture by CAS chief scientist WANG Chi to see more details https://m.koushare.com/lives/room/921032