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China is expected to launch its next robot lunar lander in 2024, with Chang’e-6 collecting samples near the lunar south pole before returning to Earth.
A Long March 2C rocket lifted off with satellites DRO-A and DRO-B from Xichang Satellite Centre in March last year but they failed to reach a planned orbit on their way to the moon Photo: Xinhua
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China’s ‘hopeless’ satellites create first Earth-moon navigation network

DRO-L, DRO-A and DRO-B finally form a communication and navigation system spanning from low Earth orbit to distant retrograde orbit.

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Chinese scientists propose a giant telescope on the far side of the moon

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Moon’s magnetic pull lasted much longer than thought: Chinese study

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The English impediment: why Chinese scientists can’t use Chinese

In the world of science, English is the standard language. But could this be limiting talented Chinese academics?

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From genetically enhanced tomatoes to advanced satellite imaging and 6G radiation fears for fertility, here are five of our recent China science stories.

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World first as Chinese sample reveals ‘young’ volcanic activity on moon’s far side

Chinese and US scientists have come up with some surprising results after testing rock samples collected by the Chang’e-6 lunar mission.

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Will these be the building blocks of China’s base on the moon?

Researchers in Wuhan simulate lunar soil to create what could become the foundations of a space outpost.

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The blocks join in a mortar and tenon design. Photo: CCTV
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China’s Chang’e-6 reveals greyer, rockier soil from far side of the moon

First peek at samples from latest Chinese lunar mission follows news that Chang’e-4 rover Yutu-2 is still roaming moon’s ‘dark side’.

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Hong Kong researchers eye far side of moon soil samples from Chang’e-6 mission

Polytechnic University also says it recently secured loan of lunar soil samples collected by Chang’e-5 mission in 2020.

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The space resources laboratory of PolyU’s Deep Space Exploration Research Centre has set up a lunar soil sample storage and analysis facility. Photo: May Tse
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China’s lunar probe brought back 1.9kg of rock samples, space agency says

The samples, collected from the unexplored far side of the moon, were handed over to the Chinese Academy of Sciences on Friday.

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The spacecraft’s return capsule is opened during a ceremony at the China Academy of Space Technology in Beijing on Wednesday. Photo: Xinhua
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Lunar samples: China calls on US to ‘remove obstacles’ to space cooperation

Scientists from around the world are welcome to study samples from the far side of the moon brought back by Chang’e-6 probe, officials say.

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Video | China to study rocks from moon’s far side in world first

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China’s Chang’e-6 mission returns to Earth with historic lunar far side cargo

Re-entry capsule touches down safely in Inner Mongolia with the first samples ever retrieved from the moon’s rough, mysterious side.

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The Chang’e-6 module landed safely in the grasslands of China’s Inner Mongolia region on Tuesday at 2.07pm Beijing time. Photo: Xinhua
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Will China’s moon sample paper be in English or Chinese? Here’s why it matters

The Chang’e-6 mission’s cargo is expected to yield a wealth of research but debate is growing about what language it will be published in first.

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An image of the surface on the moon’s far side, captured by a camera on board the Chang’e-6 lander as it descended on its historic mission. Photo: Xinhua
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China’s Chang’e-6 selfie from moon’s far side taken with AI

The autonomous four-wheeled mini-rover is ‘a testament’ to the software team’s breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, state media said.

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Video | China lunar lander collects first ‘far side’ rock samples

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‘First time in history’: China’s Chang’e-6 probe lifts off from moon’s far side

China’s space authority says the ascent vehicle left the lunar surface at 7.38am with around 2kg of specimens.

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An image of the lander and ascender on the moon’s surface taken by a mobile camera carried by Chang’e 6. Photo: CNSA
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China’s Chang’e-6 lander touches down on far side of moon on rock sample mission

Probe lands on the South Pole-Aitken basin and will start collecting the first samples from this part of the moon.

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China’s Chang’e-6 blasts off to fetch samples from far side of the moon

Chinese spacecraft begins 53-day journey to collect soil and rocks and bring them back to Earth for scientific study.

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The Chang’e 6 spacecraft lifts off aboard a Long March 5 rocket from the southern island province of Hainan on Friday. Photo: AFP
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3 Chinese satellites enter lunar orbit, fate of 2 that fell short isn’t clear

Queqiao-2 communication relay satellite arrived 440km above the moon’s surface early on Monday, says CNSA; state media says ‘work is under way to address’ DRO-A/B satellites that failed to reach their designated altitude after March 13 launch.

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A Long March-8 rocket, carrying the relay satellite Queqiao-2 for Earth-moon communications, blasts off at the Wenchang Space Launch Centre on March 20. Photo: Reuters
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In 2024, China plans 100 rocket launches to send 300 spacecraft into orbit

About 70 launches will be conducted by CASC and others will be commercial launches, according to annual blue book.

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US-China space race fuelled by lunar landings and orbital ‘parking spots’

Geopolitical rivals take competition to celestial heights, with satellite positioning and control of ideal routes between Earth and the moon at stake.

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Beleaguered Peregrine mission could put US behind China in moon race: expert

It may be a good idea to test out propulsion and lander technologies first in space, author and space policy expert at Arizona State University says.

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Peregrine is the first in a string of moon missions, established under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services Programme as a partnership between Nasa and space companies in the US. Photo: AFP
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China’s next space mission set to reveal secrets from the far side of the moon

Chang’e 6, the next mission in China’s moon programme, should launch in 2024. It will carry science payloads and satellites, and return more moon rocks to Earth.

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China’s space agency says the aim of the Chang’e 6 mission is to discover and collect lunar samples from different regions and ages to learn more about the moon. Photo: Reuters
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Luna-25 crash not expected to break up China-Russia moon base partnership

Robotic probe was the first in a series of Russian missions planned as part of ILRS project but spun out of control and collided with the lunar surface on Saturday.

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Why did lava flow on ‘cold and dead’ moon? Chinese scientists find clues

Volcanic eruptions may explain 2-billion-year-old lava rocks retrieved from the lunar surface during China’s Chang’e 5 mission.

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