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China launched its latest crew of astronauts to the Tiangong space station, including the first civilian sent to orbit by the country’s rapidly evolving space program. Better Mobility & Cameras: NASA & Axiom's New Spacesuits | TechmodoThe Shenzhou-16 crew launched on board a Long March 2F rocket late Monday at 9:31 p.m. ET (9:31 a.m. on Tuesday local time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northern China’s Gobi Desert. The three astronauts arrived at the space station around seven hours later to begin a…

An illustration of the Tiangong Space Station.Illustration: Adrian Mann (AP)Construction of the Tiangong Space Station was only completed late last year, but China already has big plans to expand on its low Earth orbit project.During an exhibition at the National Museum of China, the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) revealed plans to launch a new module to add to the Tiangong Space Station, Chinese state media reported on Tuesday. The expansion module will attach to the three modules already in low Earth…

China’s new space station opens for business in an increasingly competitive era of space activity The International Space Station is no longer the only place where humans can live in orbit.On Nov. 29, 2022, the Shenzhou 15 mission launched from China's Gobi Desert carrying three taikonauts – the Chinese word for astronauts. Six hours later, they reached their destination, China's recently completed space station, called Tiangong, which means “heavenly palace” in Mandarin. The three taikonauts replaced the existing crew…

The rocket carrying the space station module lifted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center.Photo: CNSAChina launched its third and final module of its space station on Monday, moving closer to completing its ambitious project in low Earth orbit to rival the International Space Station (ISS).The lab module was encapsulated in a Long March 5B rocket, which lifted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site at 3:27 a.m. ET on Monday, according to local media reports. The 23-ton Mengtian module (which translates to…

China’s Long March 5B rocket heading to the launch pad on Tuesday. Screenshot: CCTV/CNSAChina rolled out its Long March 5B rocket on Tuesday in anticipation of its upcoming liftoff to place the third and final piece of the Tiangong space station in orbit. It’s all very exciting, but an out-of-control core module will likely result, as was the case on three previous occasions. The heavy-lift rocket was transported to the pad on Tuesday, carrying a 23-ton lab module named Mengtian (which translates to “dreaming of…

China on Sunday launched the second of three modules to its permanent space station, in one of the final missions needed to complete the orbiting outpost by year's end. A live feed on state broadcaster CCTV showed the 23-tonne Wentian ("Quest for the Heavens") laboratory module launching on the back of China's most powerful rocket, the Long March 5B, at 2:22 pm (11:52am IST) from the Wenchang Space Launch Center on the southern island of Hainan.Space agency staff, seen on the live feed observing the progress of the launch…

Beijing on Tuesday accused the United States of irresponsible and unsafe conduct in space over two "close encounters" between the Chinese space station and satellites operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX.Tiangong, China's new space station, had to manoeuvre to avoid colliding with one Starlink satellite in July and with another in October, according to a note submitted by Beijing to the United Nations space agency this month.The note said the incidents "constituted dangers to the life or health of astronauts aboard the China…