Chinese space programme News
The Long March-7 Y3 rocket, carrying Tianzhou-2, blasted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site
Spacecraft Tianzhou-2 is scheduled to dock with core the module of the space station Tianhe to deliver supplies, equipment and propellant
It was launched after over a week's delay due to "technical reasons"
An uncrewed Chinese spacecraft carrying the country’s first Mars rover landed on the surface of Mars on Saturday.
This touchdown makes China the second space-faring nation after the United States to land on the Red Planet.
China's Chang'e-5 probe has retrieved about 1,731 grams of samples from the moon
Chinese scientists will carry out the storage, analysis and research of the country's first samples collected from the Moon
The Chang'e-5 mission marks a successful conclusion of China's current three-step lunar exploration programme
China's Chang'e-5 probe anded in Siziwang Banner in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, at 1:59 AM (local time)
It is China's maiden attempt to retrieve materials from an extra-terrestrial body.
Chang'e-5 is one of the most complicated and challenging missions in China's aerospace history
China's government space programme has for long unsuccessfully tried to compete with ISRO for the commercial launch of small and nano satellites.
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