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India and the geopolitics of the moon

October 06, 2021 7:55 am

C Raja Mohan writes: Delhi should take a hard look at the emerging challenges to the current space order and its interests on the moon, and develop strategies to pursue them through a national lunar mission.

China to launch rocket in 2028 capable of sending crewed probe to moon

September 29, 2021 6:17 pm

The new heavy-lift launch vehicle would be capable of putting a 15- to 50-tonne spacecraft on a trajectory to the moon, said Liu Bing, deputy designer at the China Aerospace Science and Technology.

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Chinese crewed spaceship docks with new space station

June 19, 2021 6:45 pm

A Chinese spaceship carrying a three-person crew docked with China's new space station at the start of 3-month mission Thursday, marking a milestone in the country's ambitious space program..

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China makes history with its first rover landing on Mars: Five points to know about Zhurong

May 16, 2021 10:21 am

China has now become the second country in history to safely land on the surface of Mars and deploy its own rover. Here is everything you should know.

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Chinese space station Tiangong-1 expected to crash back to Earth this Easter

March 31, 2018 10:42 am

Estimates for the crash of Tiangong-1 range sometime between March 31 and April 1, with a focus of 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT) on April 1. The scientists and engineers still cannot pinpoint where and when the 9.4-ton (8.5 metric tons) school bus-size space station will fall.