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 by Staff Writers Beijing (XNA) Oct 13, 2020
Southwest China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center will carry out 10 space launches including the Chang'e 5 lunar probe by the end of March next year, a center official said on Monday. The center will carry out launch missions twice a month on average, with a minimum interval of five days, said Zhang Xueyu, director of the launch center. The country on Monday sent its new optical remote-sensing satellite, the Gaofen 13, into orbit from the center, marking the center's first launch since its ground system was upgraded. To cope with the needs of China's space launches, the center has made great efforts to strengthen sci-tech innovation and shorten project cycles by using domestically developed core technologies, laying the technical foundations for the country's subsequent intensive launch missions. Source: Xinhua News Agency
Eighteen new astronauts chosen for China's space station mission Beijing (XNA) Oct 01, 2020 The third batch of Chinese astronauts has been selected for the nation's coming space station mission, the China Manned Space Agency said on Thursday morning. The 18 new astronauts - 17 men and one woman - are in three groups: seven will become spacecraft pilots, another seven will turn into spaceflight engineers, and the last four will be mission payload specialists, the agency said in a statement. Next, they will start undergoing systematic and sophisticated training before joining spacefl ... read more
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