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  • 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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The emerging Strategic Support Force is leveraging the civilian sector to expand China’s space, cyber, electromagnetic and psychological warfare capabilities.

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Soil samples brought to Earth by Chinese moon mission show unique mineral was likely produced in Aristarchus crater and ejected northward to sample site.

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Queqiao-2 lifted off atop a Long March 8 rocket at 8.31am on Wednesday, along with smaller satellites Tiandu-1 and 2 that will orbit the moon to test and verify navigation and communications technologies.

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Luxury space travel company SpaceVIP has hired Danish chef Rasmus Munk of two-Michelin-star restaurant Alchemist to create a gourmet menu for six guests on a six-hour, hi-tech space balloon trip.

The US$1.8 billion Starshield contract could significantly advance the ability of the US military to spot potential targets almost anywhere on the globe.

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‘The satellites have not been inserted into their designated orbit, and work is under way to address this problem,’ Chinese state media says.

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SpaceX came close to completing an hourlong test flight of its mega rocket on its third try, but the spacecraft was lost as it descended back to Earth.

NPC deputy and spacecraft designer Sun Zezhou says key technologies needed for Tianwen-3 mission are ‘in place’ while the US Mars Sample Return programme is battling soaring costs.

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Roscosmos space agency chief Yuri Borisov says the project, being considered for 2033-2035, could eventually allow the building of lunar settlements.

Chinese aerospace agencies outline how 600 million-camera Skynet inspires system to watch assets at lunar research station and track foreign visitors arriving on and leaving the moon.

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The remote sensing specialist uses satellites to save endangered wild camels in Gobi desert, and the award will go towards 40 new trackers and setting up 2 conservation zones

Hao Jihua, a geochemistry professor at elite Chinese university after studies in US and France, was awarded FW Clarke Award. His areas of research, which include nutrient cycling in early Earth, origin of life and habitability of extraterrestrial oceans, are priorities for China

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Every wondered why leap years exist? With explanations from Nasa and more, we look at how they have been used since ancient times to stop seasons drifting, and why they don’t fall every four years.

The storied Speedmaster collection gets a relaunched Dark Side of the Moon model, while the Constellation Meteorite collection comes in 4 sizes making for a total of 20 models

Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory in western China helps team test Einstein’s theory, finding no evidence that particles’ speed changes depending on energy.

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Intuitive Machines is communicating with the Odysseus, but lander is believed to have tipped over after it ‘caught a foot’ on the lunar surface.

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After TV acting and pop music successes, Mendler returned to full-time education – and now heads up satellite data start-up company Northwood Space

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