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China embassy features Elon Musk during space event

Joshua Cartwright, South China Morning Post
Posted at Apr 10 11:23 PM

The American billionaire pushes cooperation on self-sustaining Mars outposts during pre-recorded remarks at China’s Washington embassy. Read more »

China narrowly overtakes US in space launches this 2021

Liu Zhen, South China Morning Post
Posted at Nov 03 01:18 PM

China has had more space launches in the first 10 months of 2021 than in any previous whole year, and is narrowly ahead of the United States in the intensifying space race. Read more »

China space program hit by coronavirus outbreak

Jack Lau, South China Morning Post
Posted at Oct 21 01:18 PM

The coronavirus outbreak in northern China has hit the country’s space program, halting development of a rocket to launch satellites into orbit, according to the state-backed company behind the project. Read more »

South Korea to launch first homegrown rocket

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 21 07:02 AM

South Korea on Thursday will attempt to put a one-ton payload into orbit using its first fully homegrown rocket. Read more »

Russian crew to return to Earth after filming first movie in space

Evan Gershkovich, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 17 10:09 AM

A Russian actress and director were set to return to Earth on Sunday after spending 12 days in the International Space Station (ISS) shooting scenes for the first movie in orbit. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 5, 2021

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Updated as of Oct 06 01:12 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Russia launches film crew to space

Handout, Russian Space Agency Roscosmos via AFP
Posted at Oct 05 08:14 PM

Russia launched an actress and a film director into space in a bid to beat the United States to the first movie in orbit. Read more »

Chinese astronauts return to Earth

China Daily via Reuters
Posted at Sep 18 03:05 PM

The three Chinese astronauts wave in front of their return capsule after their return to Earth Read more »

Xi affirms importance of China’s space ambitions

Laura Zhou and William Zheng, South China Morning Post
Posted at Sep 18 10:10 AM

Chinese eyes were on the skies this week, with the safe return of its three astronauts after 90 days on board the Tiangong space station on Friday, and a tour on Wednesday of the PLA’s primary satellite control facility by President Xi Jinping, who said space was an important asset that needed to be managed well. Read more »

How can you become a space tourist?

Lucie Aubourg, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 21 08:47 AM

Thrill-seekers will soon be able to get their adrenaline kicks -- and envy-inducing Instagram snaps -- from the final frontier, as space tourism finally lifts off.    Read more »

Virgin Galactic's Branson ready for space launch aboard rocket plane

Steve Gorman, Reuters
Posted at Jul 11 03:54 PM

British billionaire Richard Branson was due on Sunday to climb into his Virgin Galactic passenger rocket plane and soar more than 50 miles above the New Mexico desert in the vehicle's first fully crewed test flight to the edge of space. Read more »

China’s space race gathers pace: Next stop, Jupiter?

Holly Chik, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jun 15 01:29 PM

China’s space exploration ambitions are picking up speed with a mission to reach Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, in 2029, according to the China National Space Administration.   Read more »

Amazon's Jeff Bezos to go to space on Blue Origin rocket

Chris Lefkow, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 08 11:29 AM

Bezos announced plans on Monday to fly into space next month on a rocket built by his company Blue Origin, fulfilling what he said was a lifelong dream.   Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: April 29, 2021

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Updated as of Aug 16 03:29 PM

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Shooting for the stars

AFP
Posted at Apr 29 07:26 PM

A band plays music as a Long March 5B rocket, which carries China's Tianhe space station core module, lifts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center, in southern China's Hainan province on Thursday. Read more »

China eyes asteroid defence system, comet mission

Reuters
Posted at Apr 24 11:04 PM

BEIJING - China will hold discussions on building a defense system against near-Earth asteroids, a senior space agency official said on Saturday, as the country steps up its longer term space ambitions. Read more »

China's Tianwen-1 expected to reach Mars orbit next month

South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 05 12:19 PM

China's first Mars mission, Tianwen-1, has now travelled more than 400 million km (249 million miles) and is expected to reach the red planet's orbit in February. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: July 23, 2020

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Posted at Jul 23 11:54 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

China launches Tianwen-1 Mars probe

Cai Yang, Xinhua via AP
Posted at Jul 23 05:14 PM

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a Long March-5 rocket carrying the Tianwen-1 Mars probe lifts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern China's Hainan Province, on Thursday. Read more »

China launches Mars probe in space race with US

Ludovic Ehret, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jul 23 03:58 PM

China launched a rover to Mars on Thursday, a journey coinciding with a similar US mission as the powers take their rivalry into deep space. Read more »