China's Zhurong Rover says Mars had water traces more recently than everThousands of millions of years more recently than previously believed, Mars may have had liquid water, according to China's Zhurong Rover. ...
13 May, 2022, 08.56 PM IST
China says lunar samples offer new clues to volcanic activityChina in December brought back the first rocks from the moon since missions by the U.S. and former Soviet Union in the 1970s. On Saturday, ...
19 Oct, 2021, 04.17 PM IST
China set to send 3 astronauts on longest crewed mission yetChina is preparing for its longest-ever crewed space mission, the country will send 3 astronauts to live on its space station for 6 months....
14 Oct, 2021, 01.50 PM IST
China's Mars rover soldiers on after completing programChina's National Space Administration said on its website Friday that Zhurong completed its 90-day program on Aug. 15 and was in excellent ...
21 Aug, 2021, 03.38 PM IST
China shares Zhurong rover's landing footage, sounds from MarsFootage of the entry, descent and landing shows the deployment of a supersonic disk-gap-band parachute, separation of the backshell, follow...
28 Jun, 2021, 12.18 PM IST
Explained: The significance of China's new space stationWhile China concedes it arrived late at the space station game, it says its facility is cutting-edge. It could also outlast the Internation...
17 Jun, 2021, 03.14 PM IST
China set to send first crew to new space station ThursdayThe three met with reporters Wednesday from inside a germ-free glassed-in room, hours before they are due to blast off on Thursday morning.
16 Jun, 2021, 12.29 PM IST
Why is everyone so obsessed with going to Mars? Here are some other worlds ripe for explorationLast year the United States, the United Arab Emirates and China all launched missions to Mars, taking advantage of the relatively short jou...
16 Jun, 2021, 11.32 AM IST
China's Zhurong rover explores Mars, sends pictures of dusty, rocky red planetThe six-wheeled rover is surveying an area known as Utopia Planitia, searching for signs of water or ice.
12 Jun, 2021, 01.53 PM IST
Rocket in place to send 3 crew to Chinese space stationThe space agency plans a total of 11 launches through the end of next year to deliver two laboratory modules to expand the 70-ton station, ...
10 Jun, 2021, 11.23 AM IST
Official: Chinese astronauts go to space station next monthThe Tianhe, or Heavenly Harmony, is the third and largest space station launched by China's increasingly ambitious space programme. Its cor...
30 May, 2021, 07.07 PM IST
China's Mars rover touches ground on red planetThe solar-powered rover touched Martian soil at 10:40 a.m. Saturday Beijing time (0240 GMT), the China National Space Administration said.
22 May, 2021, 01.16 PM IST
China prepares to launch rocket carrying space station suppliesBeijing has pumped billions into its space programme in a bid to make up ground on pioneers Russia and the United States, with ambitious pr...
19 May, 2021, 04.00 PM IST
China lands spacecraft on Mars in latest advance for its space programPlans call for a rover to stay in the lander for a few days of diagnostic tests before rolling down a ramp to explore an icy area of Mars k...
15 May, 2021, 10.31 AM IST
China rover to attempt Mars landing over coming daysIf successful, China will be the world's first country to carry out an orbiting, landing and roving operation during its first mission to M...
14 May, 2021, 03.53 PM IST
China names Mars rover after traditional fire godThe rover is aboard the Tianwen-1 probe that arrived in Mars orbit on Feb. 24 and is due to land in May to look for evidence of life. It is...
24 Apr, 2021, 11.45 AM IST