by Rob Coppinger | Mar 12, 2008 | China
The Chinese government’s propaganda machine keeps churning out these statements about the country’s next manned mission and its aims for a extra-vehicular activity during the flight When I was in Beijing in May 2007 at the country’s astronaut...
by Rob Coppinger | Dec 13, 2007 | China
With China’s Chang’e-1 lunar orbiter now sending back pictures of the dark side of the moon the Asian superpower’s leadership has been hailing its success and has reasserted, again, that China’s space programme is for peace and its own...
by Rob Coppinger | Nov 22, 2007 | China
State owned media outlet China Daily has reported that Pang Zhihao, a researcher (so clearly a low level employee) with the country’s state owned China Academy of Space Technology space programme prime contractor, has specified October as the likely month during...
by Rob Coppinger | Nov 6, 2007 | China
MSNBC writes that China’s Moon orbiter Chang’e 1 has entered lunar orbit and here is a report that the country’s space programme is considering using its Long March 3 vehicle for sending a lander mission Yury Zaitsev, Russian Academy of Engineering...
by Rob Coppinger | Sep 24, 2007 | China, JAXA
Various updates on government programmes can be found around the blogosphere lately, with a video of the preparation and 14 September launch of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries built HII-A rocket carrying the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Selene, aka...
