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Zhang Xiaoguan, Nie Haisheng, and Wang Yaping begin the process of readaptation to terrestrial gravity after 15 days in space. Photo Credit: Xinhua News Agency China’s credentials as a spacefaring nation were reinforced last night, with the safe landing of the Shenzhou-10 mission and its three “taikonauts,” Commander Nie Haisheng, Operator Zhang Xiaoguan, […] Image Credit: CCTV China returned to space plus three at 5:38 a.m. EDT (9:38 GMT and 5:38 p.m. local time), as the Shenzhou 10 launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, located in the Gobi desert. The three-person crew—Nie Haisheng, Zhang Xiaoguang, and Wang Yaping (the second Chinese woman in space)—successfully […] The International Space Station is going to be a busy place in 2013. Photo Credit: NASA With Curiosity’s landing on Mars and SpaceX’s multiple missions to the International Space Station, 2012 was a good year for spaceflight. And while we might not see the same level of historic or flagship missions fly this […] Chinese astronaut Liu Wang, center who has just piloted China's first manual space docking joins raised hands with woman astronaut Liu Yang on right and mission commander Jing Haipeng out of site at top left. Photo Credit China Manned Flight Engineering The Shenzhou 9 astronauts successfully piloted China’s first manual space docking June […] Shenzhou 9 crew floats in Tiangong module. From left are Liu Wang, Liu Yang and Jing Haipeng. Image Credit: CCTV The three Chinese Shenzhou 9 astronauts are transferring about 660 lb. of supplies , about 60 “man-days” worth, to the Tiangong (TG-1) outpost for use during their nearly two week stay. Part of that […] Shenzhou 9's Long March 2F arrives at its Jiuquan launch pad in the Gobi desert. Photo Credit: AFP China’s June 16 launch of the Shenzhou 9 mission on a Long March 2F rocket marks a highly colorful week at the Jiuquan Launch Center in the Gobi desert. […] Quality control technician checks Long March 2F set to launch the Shenzhou 9 astronauts in mid June at the Jiuquan launch site. China’s aggressive satellite production and launch pace is threatening launch vehicle failures and the malfunction in orbit of important spacecraft, according to a largely classified Defense Dept. report to Congress. […] |
 Next Launch Starlink-20 on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral AFB, FL scheduled for: 10 Mar 21 at 3:58 GMT 9 Mar 21 at 10:58pm Eastern 
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