China to launch lunar probe Chang'e-6 to collect samples from far side of moonChina announced on Wednesday its plan to launch the lunar probe Chang'e-6 on Friday, aiming to collect samples from the far side of the moo...
01 May, 2024, 06.47 PM IST
China's new-generation rocket launches 22 satellites into spaceThe rocket blasted off at 11:06 a.m. (Beijing Time) at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern Hainan Province before sending t...
27 Feb, 2022, 06.07 PM IST
China's new-generation rocket launches 22 satellites into spaceThese satellites will be mainly used for commercial remote sensing services, marine environment monitoring, forest fire prevention and disa...
27 Feb, 2022, 10.19 AM IST
Now, watch out for trouble from the skyDebris from a Chinese rocket may – or may not – come to a theatre near you.
05 May, 2021, 08.02 AM IST
China plans $3 billion supercomputing centre to analyse data from spaceWith a planned investment of 20 billion yuan ($3.1 billion), the supercomputing centre will provide big data services for industries includ...
20 Apr, 2021, 11.31 AM IST
China successfully launches its first spacecraft to moon to collect samples, return to earthChina has successfully launched the Chang'e-5 lunar probe from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern province of Hainan, stat...
24 Nov, 2020, 10.29 AM IST
China's new spacecraft returns to Earth: officialChina's new prototype spacecraft "successfully landed" on Friday, marking an important step in its ambitions to run a permanent space stati...
08 May, 2020, 03.10 PM IST
China's experimental spaceship works normally in orbitThe experimental spaceship was launched without crew by China's new large carrier rocket Long March-5B from the Wenchang Space Launch Centr...
07 May, 2020, 05.52 PM IST
China's new large rocket makes maiden flightThe white large rocket blasted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre on the coast of southern China's island province of Hainan at 6 p....
05 May, 2020, 04.50 PM IST
China's Mars probe to carry 13 types of payloadsChina plans to send a spacecraft to orbit, land and deploy a rover on Mars in 2020. The probe will be launched on a Long March-5 carrier ro...
20 Sep, 2017, 06.57 PM IST
China successfully launches heavy-lift carrier rocketThe rocket blasted off from the coastal Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan Province at around 8:43 PM local time.
03 Nov, 2016, 07.56 PM IST
China to send probe, rover to Mars in 2020China plans to send a spacecraft to orbit Mars, land and deploy a rover in July or August 2020, official media here quoted Zhang Rongqiao, ...
24 Aug, 2016, 11.43 AM IST
China successfully launches new generation space rocketThe 53-meter, 597-tonne, vertical-standing the Long March-7 rocket was launched from Wenchang launch centre, state-run Xinhua news agency r...
25 Jun, 2016, 08.03 PM IST
China set to launch new generation carrier rocketLong March-7 rockets can hold up in gales of up to 20.7 meters per second, which is strong enough to make cars veer on the road and impede ...
23 Jun, 2016, 02.59 PM IST
China plans to launch new space rocket before end of 2016China is planning to Long March 5 before the end of next year which will be used to put large lunar probes and the manned space station int...
19 Nov, 2015, 03.28 PM IST
China builds new center to launch space stationChina's fourth and most advanced space launch center which will boost the carrying capacity of Chinese rockets manifold is set to launch th...
26 Oct, 2014, 05.46 PM IST
China's most advanced space launch centre to be operational soonChina has completed construction of its most advanced space launch centre, designed to handle next generation rockets and space station mod...
18 Oct, 2014, 01.22 PM IST