Chinese Space Program

20 Dec 2012

China successfully put a controversial Turkish spy satellite into orbit yesterday, capping off an intense, failure-free year for the Chinese space programme that also saw its first manual space...

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Space city in the desert not so secret

20 Jun 2012

Dongfeng Space City sounds hi-tech but it looks plain.

5:55PM

Two big steps for China in space

17 Jun 2012

China launched three astronauts - including its first woman - into orbit yesterday on a mission that will see the crew attempt a difficult manned docking with the Tiangong-I space module, a...

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Shenzhou-IX launch could be on Saturday

11 Jun 2012

The earliest China would be able to launch its Shenzhou-IX manned spacecraft would be Saturday, mainland media reported yesterday while giving information about the two female candidates vying for...

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Rocket scientists' deaths revealed 16 years later

1 May 2012

Mainland television viewers learned the names of two space scientists whose deaths were kept secret for 16 years for the first time last week.

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Space mission can bring nations closer

3 Jan 2012

While the West wrestles with post-financial crisis debt and deficit budgeting, China has issued a white paper outlining its ambitions in the most money-hungry of human enterprises - space...

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Opinion

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Jake Van Der Kamp

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3:55AM

Launch hits new level of precision

An unmanned spacecraft that was launched from Jiuquan, Gansu, yesterday set a record for precise space delivery, underlining China's ability to place a rocket in any location - or on any object -...

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Talking points

Our editors will be looking ahead today to these developing stories ...

Vice-premier to attend official opening at Tamar

5:17PM

Dreams inspire space camp's chosen few

Once, a trip to Nasa facilities in the United States was the dream of youngsters who aspired to become astronauts. Now, it may be a visit to Beijing and to the nerve centres of China's space...

4:10PM

'Undisputed genius' is city's most famous son

Perhaps the best-known figure from Hangzhou in China's modern history is Qian Xuesen, honoured as the Father of China's space and missile programmes.

3:05PM

China launches GPS satellite No 8

China will launch an eighth navigation satellite to perfect its Beidou-2, or Compass, satellite navigation and positioning network within days, the Ministry of National Defence said on its...

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In Brief

Folk singer made major general

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