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Saturday, 03 October 2009 19:22

Russia delays first Chinese Mars mission to 2011

The Phobos-Grunt mission has been delayed by two years in order to provide better reliability to the mission. When launched, it will go to Mars and its moon Phobos. Part of the spacecraft will return samples back to Earth.

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Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:17

China 3Ds the Moon

According to a leader of the Chang'e 1 mission to the Moon, the Chinese have completed a high-resolution, three-dimensional map of the lunar surface. In fact, this mapping is the most detailed imaging of the Moon so far taken by any spacecraft of the entire lunar surface.

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Monday, 14 September 2009 18:25

China starts construction of new spaceport

The Chinese space agency China National Space Administration (CNSA) began construction of its fourth space center on Monday, September 14, 2009. The Wenchang Satellite Launch Center is expected to greatly expand China's ability to launch heavier payloads into space.

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Monday, 02 March 2009 19:39

Chang'e 1 crashes on Moon: No worries, it was supposed to

On Sunday, March 1, 2009, the Chinese Chang'e 1 space probe ended a 16-month mission when ground controllers remotely performed a maneuver to direct it toward the lunar surface. They were successful and the probe made a controlled crash into the Moon. Wham! Boom! Ting!

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Sunday, 28 September 2008 19:17

Chinese Shenzhou-7 astronauts return to Earth

The Shenzhou VII (Shenzhou-7) re-entry module parachuted safety back to Earth with its three taikonauts (Chinese astronauts) onboard after making history with the first Chinese spacewalk.

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Saturday, 27 September 2008 19:43

Chinese walk in space

The state-run Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday, September 27, 2008, that China conducted its first extra-vehicular activity (EVA) beginning at 4:43 p.m. Beijing, China time (0843 UTC). The spacewalk is the first one conducted by China.

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Thursday, 25 September 2008 18:58

China launches Shenzhou VII for first spacewalk mission

China announced on Thursday, September 25, 2008, that its third manned spacecraft was launched at 9:10 p.m. local time from its Jiuguan Satellite Launch Center.

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Saturday, 12 April 2008 19:28

NASA probe shoots 3D images of potato-shaped moon Phobos

The NASA spacecraft Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has taken stunning false-color, three-dimensional images of the small, irregularly shaped Mars’ moon Phobos using its HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera.

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Tuesday, 26 February 2008 19:24

NASA cautions U.S. space program has mighty competitor in China

On Wednesday, February 13, 2008, NASA administrator Dr. Michael Griffin spoke to the U.S. House of Representative's Science and Technology Committee about the advances made in the Chinese space program over the past few years—admitting that China is a major competitor of the United States.

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