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WATCH: Chinese space rocket accidentally takes off prematurely while testing and crashes into a hill within a minute
In an unexpected turn of events, Beijing-based aerospace company Space Pioneer conducted a static f…
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A secretive, experimental Chinese spacecraft returned to Earth after 8 months. It's still a mystery what it was up to.
China's secret unmanned spacecraft returns to Earth after an eight-month mission, raising questions…
Mikhaila Friel
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ESA, ISRO to soon launch Proba-3, which will create the world’s first man-made solar eclipse
The European Space Agency is set to embark on an unprecedented mission this autumn: the launch of P…
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Chinese scientists claim Star Wars-like laser submarines can blast US satellites
A powerful laser could threaten satellite networks, but there are many reasons to believe this sche…
Michael Peck
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China is set to launch the next piece of its space station on Sunday — in a rocket that previously rained parts back onto Earth
The Long March 5B rocket has launched twice before, and both times its heavy body fell back to Eart…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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America's X-37B vs. China's Shenlong: Top space planes and their shadowy role in orbital war
The US X-37B and China's Shenlong are competing unmanned space planes whose covert missions are get…
Benjamin Brimelow
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A Chinese firm's answer to Elon Musk's Starlink just launched its first satellites for the thousands-strong network Beijing plans to build
The Thousand Sails Constellation is planned to bring 15,000 satellites into orbit, and is one of th…
Matthew Loh
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US forces on Guam are facing a Chinese missile threat unlike anything else and need more air defenses with deeper magazines, Army officials say
US officials have long identified the need for more integrated air defenses in the Pacific to stop …
Chris Panella
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A Chinese firm's answer to SpaceX's Falcon 9 blew up in a giant fireball after it accidentally launched during a test
Tianbing Aerospace Technology said it was testing its rocket engine when the Tianlong-3 left the la…
Matthew Loh
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The Pentagon has its eye on the out-of-control Chinese rocket that is expected to crash into Earth — but it’s not anything to lose sleep over
Before that happens, people can check for daily updates on the location of the out-of-control …
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Mystery wreckage in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Philippines is probably fallen Chinese rocket parts, space-debris experts say
China's rocket booster fell to Earth uncontrolled, and new photos convinced space-debris experts th…
Paola Rosa-Aquino,Morgan McFa…
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An astronomer who said that a SpaceX rocket part will hit the moon now says the object most likely came from a Chinese spacecraft
Astronomer Bill Gray said he had evidence that the rocket part due to hit the moon in March is a Ch…
Kate Duffy
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China beats SpaceX and Blue Origin to reach orbit with a methane-fueled rocket, edging ahead of the US in the space race
Landspace launched its Zhuque-2 rocket Tuesday. It's the first "methalox" rocket to reach orbit, be…
Marianne Guenot
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Watch China launch 3 taikonauts to its new space station on Wednesday night - the country's first human spaceflight in 5 years
China launched the first piece of its new space station in April, and it's already sending astronau…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A Chinese space center found a mysterious jamming device outside its base just weeks before a crewed rocket launch
The jammer can be bought online and has a maximum range of 32 feet, but can still disrupt a satelli…
Matthew Loh
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The Chinese rocket falling to Earth uncontrolled is one of 11 similar missions scheduled over the next 2 years
The rocket was launched as part of a China's project to build its own space station by 2023. Two mo…
Marianne Guenot
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Somewhere on Earth, it could rain rocket parts this weekend as a runaway Chinese spacecraft breaks up in the atmosphere
China's space-station rocket will most likely land in the ocean, but its path around Earth also tak…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The world can expect at least 2 repeats of the uncontrolled Chinese rocket crash, according to Europe's space agency
Upcoming missions could have a similar rain of metal debris to the one this weekend, which came dow…
Marianne Guenot
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Chinese scientists want to use lasers to power ultrafast, stealthy submarines. A laser expert says there's a major flaw in their plan.
Chinese scientists from Harbin University say they've made a breakthrough in underwater laser propu…
Polly Thompson
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The Chinese rocket speeding back to Earth is so unpredictable it could land almost anywhere. One guess is around Turkmenistan late on May 8.
Estimates will "vary wildly" until the rocket is closer, says 18th Space Control Squadron, a branch…