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Biology and agriculture at Tiangong Space Station (CSS)
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Leg deploying test and full-scale landing impact experiment of crewed lunar lander by Beijing Institute of Space Mechanics and Electricity.
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Test flight of a self-developed Reusable Suborbital Vehicle.
https://twitter.com/wulei2020/status/15 … 3778132993
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Chinese nuclear reactor proposal could power 10 International Space Stations
https://www.space.com/chinese-nuclear-r … e-stations
Academy of Aerospace Propulsion Technology announced that China has conducted a successful maiden flight test on a domestically developed reusable liquid oxygen kerosene engine.
https://twitter.com/wulei2020/status/15 … 1385276416
'Follow me and see how spacious Tiangong Space Station (CSS) can be'
https://twitter.com/CNSAWatcher/status/ … 0570106881
SPACE-PIONEER recently conducted gas generator test of the TH-12 kerolox engine, to power the reusable Tianlong-3 rocket. TH-12 is designed to produce 110t thrust at sea level, with 335s Isp in vacuum & 40-110% throttling. A full engine has been assembled for static fire soon
https://twitter.com/CNSpaceflight/statu … 6492146690
China discovers new mineral – and a possible energy source – on the Moon
https://newatlas.com/space/changesite-y … on-mineral
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China Mars mission data offers evidence for ancient ocean
https://www.space.com/china-mars-tianwe … ata-update
"The hypothesis that a liquid water ocean once existed on Mars isn't new — recent climate simulations have also indicated the existence of such an ocean. And, in fact, scientists even discovered a massive underground ice deposit beneath the Utopia Planitia years before Zhurong's arrival. "
Arabs switched sides
UAE rover to fly on China’s Chang’e-7 lunar south pole mission
https://spacenews.com/uae-rover-to-fly- … e-mission/
Chinese astronauts take 4-hour spacewalk outside new lab at Tiangong space station
https://www.space.com/chinese-astronaut … ember-2022
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China's Mars rover reveals more of subsurface
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Layered subsurface in Utopia Basin of Mars revealed by Zhurong rover radar
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Chinese propulsion startup, has been testing a prototype pulsed detonation 50N attitude control engine.
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"China gears up for launches to complete Tiangong space station"
https://spacenews.com/china-gears-up-fo … e-station/
LANDSPACE completed the first hot fire test of the new methalox vacuum engine TQ-15A on OCT.16, for 20s.
The press release also mentions the wet dress rehearsal of the first Zhuque-2 at Jiuquan has been completed and the 2nd one is being assembled in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province.
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China’s Mars Rover Finds Hints of Catastrophic Floods
https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti … ic-floods/
Torch-1 (火炬一号) a small sat for Rocket Pi for microgravity biology experiments, will leave the factory at the end of October for launch in early November. Rocket Pi also working towards launch of the Darwin-2 reusable methalox rocket for launch in 2023 (which seems a bit soon)
https://twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/1582720210230214656
What is China Planning Next?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmWRj80goF8
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They want their own version of Hubble
China's Xuntian Space Telescope
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Their Hubble style mission links with the Chinese station
another telescope
SVOM (Space Variable Objects Monitor) mission: X-ray telescope
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A new Kuaizhou1A rocket has been unveiled at Wuhan National Aerospace Industry Base.
https://twitter.com/wulei2020/status/16 … 6220355584
Kuaizhou-1A named "Raycus" seems ready for launch soon
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A couple more from CCTV, showing the new-gen crew spacecraft for deep space/lunar, and another with the lander on the surface, rover in action, and the notion of putting astronauts on Mars by mid-century.
https://twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/1629103777964867584
https://twitter.com/CNSAWatcher/status/ … 8656510977
'Thanks to NASA’s openness, we finally have some updates on Zhurong Mars Rover. '
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Setting up High Temperature Material Research cabinet in Tiangong Space Station (CSS)
https://twitter.com/CNSAWatcher/status/ … 8317806593
New CAS Microsat slides show the Venus probe VOICE will use aerobraking to reduce the amount of needed propellant by ~415kg
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Space official calls for China to seize crucial opportunity to establish lunar infrastructure
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One thing worth highlighting in Tianlong-2's maiden launch is the Tianhuo-11V staged combustion cycle kerolox engine which burned perfectly for 285s. 3D printing was used to manufacture parts including thrust chamber, preburner, turbopump, valves, reducing number of parts by 80%
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Kerosene and Liquid Oxygen as propellant
https://twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/1643248445027745793
Chang'e 5 appears to have left the Distant Retrograde Orbit (DRO) it has been in for over a year now. After receiving a tip it was not in position, I conducted a search and located the object well away from predicted position. A second position just now reveals it is moving.
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70t level Longyun methanol engine by Jiuzhou Yunjian successfully completed hot swing tests at Bengbu Power Testing Center. It achieved ±8° swing, sine wave swing circle & frequency sweep tests, with normal engine & execution mechanism performance
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“Super Mason” brick-making robot by onboard Chang’e 8 to the moon. Lunar brick will be made in-situ as building block for the lunar base.
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China plans full reusability for its super heavy Long March 9 rocket
https://spacenews.com/china-plans-full- … -9-rocket/
China is planning to make a fully reusable version of a rocket designed to launch infrastructure and deep space missions.
Presentations at events marking China’s national space day in the city of Hefei, Anhui province this week reveal that plans for the Long March 9 rocket include developing an apparently Starship-inspired fully reusable version.
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Polar ice cap of Mars Arctic region, by Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter.
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Tianzhou-6 cargo spacecraft reaches China’s Tiangong space station
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CASC Xi'an completed a preburner ignition test of the 200t thrust (FFSC) metholox engine on May 12 at Baolongyu 902-1 stand
And, a re-ignition test of the reusable YF-100N keeolox engine at Tongchuan 1021-1 stand
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The fifth resupply spacecraft to dock to Tiangong since it was launched in 2021.
https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/orga … e-station/
China to start building lunar base out of moon soil in five years, SCMP reports
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2023/0 … p-reports/
"Chinese researchers prove presence of ocean on Mars"
https://english.news.cn/20230519/c34ecd … 5d6/c.html
Chinese researchers have discovered direct evidence that proves the existence of an ancient ocean on the northern plain of Mars, according to the China University of Geosciences, Wuhan.
Previous studies found evidence of a large amount of liquid on early Mars, but the claims have remained controversial due to the lack of in situ analysis.
A research team led by Xiao Long, professor from the university, analyzed the scientific data from the multispectral camera of Mars rover Zhurong, and has for the first time found petrological evidence of marine sedimentary rocks on the surface of Mars, according to a research article published in the journal National Science Review.
China to land astronauts on the moon by 2030, lunar scientist says
https://www.space.com/china-land-astron … -moon-2030
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One first interesting observation: Chinese commercial launch companies seem to have mostly opted to make their own engines rather than getting them from rocket engine manufacturers.
https://twitter.com/DongFangHour/status … 1484192770
English-language analysis
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I do not know if Linda Yaccarino and Elon Musk changed twitter policy from outside government pressure during the French Riots. Maybe twitter is changing again but I have not really been able to explore twitter as I once did freely with its news feeds open to the public allowing people with no account to explore.
Thinking long term on 'Intelligent Robots' and not just China but Japan or the USA and Europe and thinking of Humanoid Machines, they might be useful for maintenance on the Moon, Mars and offworld colonies on Europa and Titan?
China's gigantic telescope adopts intelligent maintenance robots
https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Chin … s_999.html
GALACTIC-ENERGY releases the mission patch of the 7th launch of CERES-1: mission "Lucky 7"
Probably sea launch?
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Another comment says the Fish and Waves simply mean 'Good Luck'
Another successful test run of the main engine on CNSA/CASC’s crewed lunar rocket CZ10.
https://twitter.com/CNSAWatcher/status/ … 7376788480
This validates the engine's readiness to meet all flight mission requirements, with LOX/kerosene fuel and a thrust of 130 tons.
Chinese company plans to launch rocket comparable to Falcon 9 in 2024
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China's Moon mission investigating the water-ice in the shadow pit near the south pole of the moon, Chinese drilling tool probe will then sample lunar soil water-ice before a mechanical arm will move it into a heating furnace for spectral analysis.
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CNSA has published "Rules for Management of International Cooperation in Lunar Samples and Scientific Data" for samples collected by its lunar exploration program
https://twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/1686717635432484864
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China makes Chang'e 5 moon samples open to international researchers
https://news.yahoo.com/china-makes-chan … 00198.html
The Chang'e 5 lunar sample return mission launched in November 2020 and returned 23 days later with 3.81 pounds (1.73 kilograms) of lunar material collected from the Oceanus Procellarum ("Ocean of Storms") region.
NASA Head Concerned That China Will Steal Lunar Resources
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2014 paper
China’s Deep-space Exploration to 2030
this was after China's fly-by of Toutatis and before the Mars Rover Landing
https://web.archive.org/web/20141214210 … 379886.pdf
Ceres, Jupiter, Europa, Mars, Venus?
before 2030, 9 or 10 times deep- space exploration missions would be implemented, according to China's existing scientific, aerospace technology and economic basis and development capabilities
The first stage plans to explore Mars, whose natural environment is close to the Earth’s, as well as some asteroids and the Sun which may have disastrous effects on the Earth.
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Perhaps one day Fish farming on Mars and Crops in Lakes, other Aquatic life.
China is sending zebrafish to the Tiangong space station
https://www.space.com/china-tiangong-sp … -zebrafish
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Food
Planting in space, at Tiangong Space Station
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