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 by Staff Writers Beijing (Sputnik) Apr 30, 2021
China plans to launch two cargo spaceships and two manned spacecraft for building its own orbit station within this year, Hao Chun, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) director, said on Thursday. Earlier in the day, the country successfully sent off the core module of China's new space station Tiangong, which means "heavenly palace," by launching a rocket from Wenchang spaceport, located on Hainan Island. "We will launch cargo spaceship Tianzhou-2 and manned spacecraft Shenzhou-12 in May and June. The missions of cargoship Tianzhou-3 and manned craft Shenzhou-13 are scheduled for September and October," Hao said, as broadcast by China Central Television. According to him, Shenzhou-12 will carry three Chinese astronauts who will work on the orbit for three months, while another three, brought by Shenzhou-13, will spend half a year there. Hao added that the orbit station building consists of two stages - tests of key technologies and the construction of the station itself. Both phases include six missions, the first two having been completed. In 2021, China also plans to carry out six missions, sending two experimental modules as well as launching two cargoships and two manned spacecraft. The country seeks to finish the construction of Tiangong, designed for 15 years of work, by 2022, and officially launch it in 2023. Source: RIA Novosti
Cosmodrome project injects new life into Russian Far East Beijing (XNA) Apr 28, 2021 Sixty years after Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space, most Russians believe their country remains the leader in the field of aerospace. It was no surprise when Moscow last year named its first approved coronavirus vaccine Sputnik, after the satellite whose launch in 1957 stunned the West. A Bloomberg report said that while Russian President Vladimir Putin is not an interplanetary travel enthusiast, he is keenly aware of the military and geopolitical implications of a space program. ... read more
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