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China launches test satellite to very low Earth orbit (video)

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Dr. Sarah Adams

China launched four satellites on Tuesday (May 21) to test out new technologies. A Kuaizhou-11 solid rocket lifted off into clear skies ...

China launches new mystery Shiyan satellite (video)

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Dr. Sarah Adams

China launched the latest in its secretive Shiyan satellite series over the weekend. A Long March 4C rocket lifted off from Jiuquan ...

China launches 3-member crew to its space station as it seeks to put astronauts on the moon by 2030

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Dr. Sarah Adams

JIUQUAN SATELLITE LAUNCH CENTER, China (AP) — China launched a three-member crew to its orbiting space station on Thursday as part of ...

China to send three astronauts to Tiangong space station, part of its ambitious program

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Dr. Sarah Adams

JIUQUAN SATELLITE LAUNCH CENTER, China (AP) — China’s space agency is making final preparations to send the Shenzhou-18 crew into low-Earth orbit ...

China rolls out rocket for next astronaut mission to Tiangong space station (photos)

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Dr. Sarah Adams

China is all set to send its next crew to its Tiangong space station. The Shenzhou 18 spacecraft currently sits atop a ...

Chinese Kuaizhou-1A rocket launches 4th mission in 18 days (video)

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Dr. Sarah Adams

China sent a classified experimental satellite into orbit last week with yet another launch of the Kuaizhou-1A solid rocket. A Kuaizhou-1A lifted ...

China launches 2 sets of commercial weather satellites in 3-day span (video)

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Late last month, China launched two clusters of small satellites to provide commercial meteorological data. Two separate Kuaizhou 1A solid rockets lifted ...

Chinese startup LandSpace poised to begin reusable rocket landing tests

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Chinese launch startup Landspace appears ready to test launching and landing rockets. The company launched its third Zhuque-2 methane-fueled rocket on Dec. ...

Commercial Chinese rocket launches small returnable spacecraft to orbit (video)

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Dr. Sarah Adams

The Chinese commercial launch firm iSpace is once again putting satellites into orbit. The company’s sixth Hyperbola-1 rocket lifted off from the ...

China launches secret space plane on 3rd-ever mission

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Dr. Sarah Adams

China has launched its reusable space plane for the third time. A Long March 2F rocket lofted China’s experimental spacecraft from the ...