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Waiting for Shenzhou 10Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 22, 2013 If estimates are right, we are probably less than three weeks away from the launch of Shenzhou 10, China's next astronaut mission. Preparations for this launch seem to be going well, judging by official statements published in China's state media. The Shenzhou spacecraft and its Long March 2F rocket are both at the launch site. Electrical checks on the spacecraft have been conducted. Things seem to be moving at a steady pace, and there are no signs of any problems that would impede the launch. ... read more |
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 Shenzhou's Shadow Crew It's official. Wang Yaping, China's second female astronaut, will fly in space aboard the Shenzhou 10 spacecraft later this year. Chinese state media have confirmed her place on the mission in absol ... more | .. |
 Shenzhou 10 sent to launch site The Shenzhou 10 spacecraft, a planned Chinese manned spaceflight, has been taken to the Jiuquan Satellite Launching Center. The spaceship was split into three parts and taken to the airport by ... more | .. |
 China's Next Women Astronauts In mid-2013, China's second woman in space is expected to lift off. Wang Yaping, a former air force pilot, is expected to be aboard the crew of the Shenzhou 10 spacecraft, which will fly to a rendez ... more | .. |
 Shenzhou 10 - Next Stop: Jiuquan In the past couple of weeks, Chinese news agencies and newspapers have carried a number of stories about the upcoming mission. The sources are official with the main one being the China Manned Space ... more |
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 China's fourth space launch center to be in use in two years China's fourth launch center, located in tropical island province of Hainan, will be ready for space launch in two years, said a member of China's top political advisory body. The launch cente ... more | .. |
 China plans manned space mission China has announced a tentative time period for its next manned space craft launch that will dock with the country's orbiting space laboratory. ... more | .. |
China's space station will be energy-efficient China's space station, which is expected to be completed around 2020, will set an example of green technology, a Chinese space scientist said. The space station will use a slew of cutting-edge ... more | .. |
 China to launch new manned spacecraft China's new spacecraft will be launched sometime between June and August, a spokesperson for the office of the country's space manned program said in a statement released Thursday. Three Chine ... more |
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 Woman expected again to join next China crew roster A Chinese space expert said Friday that three Chinese astronauts, including one woman, are expected to board the Shenzhou-10, the country's new manned spacecraft, which should launch sometime betwee ... more | .. |
 Welcome Aboard Shenzhou 10 As we approach the launch of China's next human space mission, some questions still remain unanswered. This is not unusual for the relatively veiled nature of China's space program, but it does invi ... more | .. |
 Reshuffle for Tiangong 2013 is set to be an important year for China's space program. We expect to see the first landing of a Chinese spacecraft on the Moon, in addition to a sequence of Earth satellite launches. We also ... more | .. |
 China to launch 20 spacecrafts in 2013 China plans to launch 20 spacecrafts this year, including the country's third lunar probe Chang'e-3 and manned spacecraft Shenzhou-10, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) annou ... more |
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 Mr Xi in Space The recent change of leadership in China has made foreign policy analysts very busy. Nobody is completely sure of how Xi Jinping will steer China, or how the somewhat opaque machinery of China's pol ... more | .. |
 China plans manned space launch in 2013: state media China is aiming to launch its next manned space mission as early as June 2013, state media reported Saturday, as the country steps up its ambitious exploration programme. ... more | .. |
China to launch manned spacecraft China is set to launch a manned spacecraft in June 2013, a space program official said Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Tiangong 1 Parked And Waiting As Shenzhou 10 Mission Prep Continues Following the July-August period when controllers used Tiangong 1's thrusters for strict control of the orbit decay rate, things went quiet and Tiangong 1 settled down to a regime of orbit decay dic ... more |
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 China makes progress in spaceflight research China has made breakthroughs in researching spaceflight dynamics, a top scientist said Wednesday. Progress has been made in spaceflight trajectory computation and analysis, orbital tracking, t ... more | .. |
 China to launch 11 meteorological satellites by 2020 China will launch 11 meteorological satellites before 2020 to boost the country's weather monitoring network, according to the country's meteorological satellite development plan (2011-2020) release ... more | .. |
Patience for Tiangong We are now several months beyond the first crewed expedition to Tiangong 1, China's first space laboratory. If educated guesses are any guide, we are probably several months away from the next exped ... more | .. |
 China launches civilian technology satellites China successfully launched the Practice-9 A and Practice-9 B satellites into space at 11:25 a.m. Sunday, the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center said. The satellites, launched from the center in ... more |
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ChangE-2 Mission To Lagrange L2 Point Last week, the 63rd International Astronautical Congress was held in Naples, Italy. One of the more interesting papers addresses the recent Chinese Chang'e-2 mission to the Earth-Sun L2 Lagrange poi ... more | .. |
Meeting of heads of ESA and China Manned Space Agency Wang Zhaoyao, Director General of the China Manned Space Agency, accompanied by the first Chinese female astronaut, Liu Yang, met ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain at the Agency's headquarte ... more | .. |
 China Spacesat gets 18-million-USD gov't support China Spacesat Co., Ltd., the nation's key developer of small satellites, said on Saturday that it will obtain 116 million yuan (18.3 million U.S. dollars) in government financial support. Fou ... more | .. |
 China Focus: Timeline for China's space research revealed A senior Chinese astronomer on Friday revealed a timeline for China's planned program of space research. In an interview with Xinhua, Zhang Shuangnan, an astrophysicist at the Institute of High Ener ... more |
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