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Here's what China launched to orbit on its retrievable satellite last month (video)
By Andrew Jones published
China has revealed the payloads it sent to Earth orbit last month on the two-week-long Shijian-19 retrievable satellite mission.

China launches new set of classified Yaogan spy satellites (video)
By Andrew Jones published
A Long March 2C rocket launched three Yaogan-43 spy satellites to orbit from southwestern China on Oct. 22, marking the third liftoff of the mysterious satellite series.

Chinese company Deep Blue Aerospace plans to start launching space tourists in 2027
By Mike Wall published
Chinese company Deep Blue Aerospace plans to start launching customers to suborbital space and back in 2027, for a price of about $210,000 per seat.

'NASA at a crossroads:' Budget woes, aging infrastructure and hard choices ahead
By Leonard David published
The next few years are likely to be pivotal ones for NASA, according to a hard-hitting report by the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

The moon, Mars, asteroids and Jupiter: China reveals ambitious space exploration plans
By Andrew Jones published
From lunar water hunts to Mars sample returns, China's space program is embarking on groundbreaking missions across the solar system, aiming for the moon, Mars and beyond.

US and China will need to discuss moon mission plans, NASA chief predicts
By Andrew Jones published
NASA and China will need to discuss exchanges of data and mission plans as the two sides move to build sustainable presences on the moon, according to NASA chief Bill Nelson.

Chinese astronauts zoom in on their nation's launch sites from orbit (video)
By Andrew Jones published
In a new video, China's Shenzhou 18 astronauts zoom in on their nation's launch sites from the Tiangong space station in low Earth orbit.

China aims to breed zebrafish aboard Tiangong space station (video)
By Andrew Jones published
Zebrafish aboard China's Tiangong space station are doing well in orbit, according to an update on the experiments.
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