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A Chinese company is preparing to launch its first reusable rocket later this month, carrying a prototype cargo ship designed to deliver supplies to astronauts in orbit. The launch represents a major leap forward in making space travel more affordable and accessible.
China successfully tested its new Mengzhou spacecraft and Long March-10 rocket, bringing the country closer to landing astronauts on the moon by 2030. The safety trial proved astronauts could escape safely if something goes wrong during launch.
A butterfly emerged from its chrysalis aboard China's Tiangong space station and quickly learned to fly in zero gravity, opening new possibilities for space farming. The experiment used minimal life support, proving insects can thrive in harsh space conditions.
Chinese researchers used quantum sensors to analyze a single speck of lunar dust, revealing the moon once had its own magnetic field until 2 billion years ago. The breakthrough shows how tiny particles can unlock massive secrets about our cosmic neighbor's past.
China is gearing up for its busiest year in space ever, with plans to break its launch record while testing crucial technology for putting astronauts on the moon. The surge includes new reusable rockets, a lunar south pole mission, and asteroid sample collection.
China is preparing to launch a powerful new space telescope in 2027 that will survey the cosmos with 300 times the field of view of the Hubble Space Telescope. The groundbreaking observatory can even dock with China's space station for astronaut repairs and upgrades.
China is preparing to launch a bus-sized space telescope in 2027 that will revolutionize sky surveys with a field of view 300 times larger than Hubble's. The Xuntian telescope will explore everything from distant galaxies to dark matter while astronauts can service it in orbit.