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November 11, 2012
BEIJING--China plans to launch its Shenzhou 10 spacecraft in early June 2013, one of the senior officials in charge of the manned space program said on Nov. 10, the official...
August 04, 2012
NEW DELHI -- India plans to send a satellite via an unmanned spacecraft to orbit Mars next year, joining a small group of nations already exploring the red planet, a government ...
June 29, 2012
BEIJING -- China's Shenzhou 9 spacecraft returned to Earth on June 29, ending a mission that put the country's first woman in space and completed a manned docking test critical ...
June 24, 2012
SHANGHAI -- China completed its first-ever manual docking between a manned spacecraft and an orbiting lab module on June 24, putting it a step closer in an ambitious campaign...
June 19, 2012
Space exploration, until now the domain of only the United States and Russia, has a new player in China--which is opening up a new horizon in conquering this last frontier.
June 19, 2012
BEIJING--China's first female astronaut, dubbed the "flying goddess," blasted into space June 16, triggering a media frenzy.
June 18, 2012
BEIJING--Chinese astronauts carried out a manned docking with an experimental space module on June 18, the latest milestone in China's ambitious campaign to build a space...
June 16, 2012
JIUQUAN, China-- China put its first woman into orbit on June 16, one of three astronauts to attempt a critical space docking in the latest challenge for the country's...
June 16, 2012
BEIJING—A Chinese deep-sea submersible dived to 6,671 meters in the Mariana Trench, beating the 6,527 meters achieved by Japan’s manned research submersible Shinkai 6500 in ...
November 03, 2011
BEIJING -- Two unmanned Chinese spacecraft docked above Earth successfully early Nov. 3, moving China one step closer to setting up its own space station.
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