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3 Chinese astronauts have returned from a record-breaking visit to China's new space station
China aims to launch another taikonaut crew in October, keeping the nation on track finish its new …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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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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China and NASA are racing to the moon. Side-by-side photos hint NASA has the edge, but China's secrecy makes the race hard to call.
NASA and China each just launched landmark missions in their efforts to put astronauts back on the …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA chief says China could claim the moon as its own territory if it beats the US to the lunar surface
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told Politico that Chinese military aggression in the South China Se…
Kate Duffy
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10 Things in Tech: Amazon’s guide to AI in different industries, Earth’s neighboring star, and workers look for less stressful jobs
In today's edition: HR is torn on job applicants using AI, Elon Musk gets government approval for p…
Diamond Naga Siu
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NASA is pushing its human moon landing back to 2025, and its top official worries China will beat the US there
Now that Blue Origin's lawsuit against NASA is over, the agency can work with SpaceX to build its n…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Three Chinese astronauts have stepped foot on China's new space station for the first time, kicking off a three-month mission
Three taikonauts entered the station less than three hours after the Shenzhou-12 rocket docked, CGT…
Kate Duffy
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A female astronaut made history this weekend when she became the first Chinese woman to ever complete a spacewalk
Wang ventured outside China's Tiangong space station for six hours on November 8 on a spacewalk wit…
Cheryl Teh
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China could start building a moon base with lunar-soil bricks in 5 years, amid NASA fears of a moon territory dispute
China aims to build a moon habitat for its taikonauts within five years, according to local media, …
Marianne Guenot,Morgan McFall…
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China’s Shenzhou-13 crew returns to earth after a record-setting mission in space
The touchdown of the Shenzhou-13 return capsule was recorded at 9:56 AM at the Dongfeng landing …
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ESA satellite Sentinel-1A dodges a 'high-risk collision' from Russian space debris
"On Monday, for the first time, we performed a set of manoeuvres to avoid a high-risk collision wit…
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China wants to up the ante on the space race with a 'sky ladder' to Mars that can beam humans and cargo up in a capsule
The "sky ladder" involves a capsule guided by a series of carbon nanotubes, leapfrogging from one s…
Cheryl Teh
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Two Chinese astronauts completed a 7-hour spacewalk on Sunday, marking the country's first successful spacewalk since 2008
Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo spent seven hours outside the station installing a panoramic camera and …
Matthew Loh
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A Chinese space station is about to crash to Earth - here's what it was doing
The thicker air of the atmosphere will tear solar panels and antennas loose, melting and disintegra…
Kevin Loria
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The Chinese space station hurtling towards Earth has crashed over the South Pacific
While space debris usually burns up in Earth's atmosphere and is generally unlikely to hit a person…
Dave Mosher,Kevin Loria
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NASA should be worried about China's blossoming space program
"Space exploration is the common dream and wish of humankind. We believe that the implementation of…
Ali Sundermier
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China's first space station was decimated in a fireball over the South Pacific - here's how it went from launch to crashing back to Earth
But some material from the craft most likely survived, astrophysicist Brad Tucker of the Australian…
Kevin Loria,Dave Mosher
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China's out-of-control space station may crash to Earth in 2 months
"The thing about a space station is that it's typically got things on the inside," Ailor, who works…
Dave Mosher
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Astronaut Scott Kelly: 'I think that China will overtake the US in the space business - if we allow them to'
NASA is also building and testing the Space Launch System, a 321-foot-tall rocket that could be the…
Dave Mosher
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China's space program could completely crush its competition
It's easy to forget about China when it comes to space exploration. It didn't launch its first sate…