China’s government-run space agency has long tried to make a mark in the launch market for small satellites. But it has been unable to make any sort of a dent in the weight of reputation that the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has made for itself in this segment. Continue reading
Without any prior notice, China sent a Long March 4C booster aloft on Tuesday, April 10, carrying three Yaogan-31 spacecraft along with one Continue reading
A defunct Chinese space lab plunged through Earth’s atmosphere on Monday, breaking apart as it headed towards a watery grave in the South Pacific, Beijing said.
The Tiangong-1 “mostly” Continue reading
An out-of-control space laboratory that will plunge back to Earth in the coming days is unlikely to cause any damage, Chinese authorities say, Continue reading
The Chinese space lab – Tiangong-1 – has been making headlines since 2016, when scientists at China’s CNSA space agency admitted to having lost control of the lab, saying that Continue reading
A group of Chinese student volunteers spent 200 days in a “lunar lab” simulation in Beijing as part of an experiment to test the potential psychological effects humans may experience if they were to take up residence on the Moon. The simulation is part Continue reading
he macaques were born eight and six weeks ago, having been cloned using a technique called ‘somatic cell nuclear transfer’.
Over 20 years since Dolly the sheep was cloned , Continue reading
China seems keen on moving fast to cover all the lost lunar ground. The nation’s ambitious space program, among other things, is set on achieving several important milestones. Continue reading
Chinese scientists have become the first to realize quantum key distribution from a satellite to the ground, laying the foundation for building a hack-proof global quantum communication network. The achievement based on experiments conducted with the world’ s first quantum satellite,