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An up-close look at the world’s largest radio telescope located in China

Nicholas Terry - Dec 31st 2020 4:52 pm PT

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CBS News recently had the lucky opportunity to send one of their reporters to China’s Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST). The reporter got an up-close and personal look at the inner workings of the enormous, awe-inspiring telescope.

China closes out 2020 with maiden Long March 8 launch that show hints of future reusability

Seth Kurkowski - Dec 22nd 2020 8:16 am PT @SethKurk

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Last night China launched its Long March 8 rocket from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the island of Hainan in the South China Sea. This was the rocket’s maiden flight with the goal to make China’s launch services program more appealing to outside customers and in the future compete with SpaceX on reusability.

NASA and China: Will Biden view nation as competition or see chance for cooperation?

Zac Hall - Dec 21st 2020 8:01 am PT @apollozac

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There’s a great space debate happening over how U.S. policy toward China should be handled when the Biden administration takes office next month. Should NASA work in cooperation with China’s space agency if the other nation is willing, or should China’s progress in space be viewed as competition?

NASA confirmed China’s lander on the Moon with image from lunar orbit

Seth Kurkowski - Dec 7th 2020 9:23 am PT @SethKurk

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Last week we saw China land its Chang’e 5 lander on the surface from the Moon with the goal to gather lunar samples and launch to the return vehicles in orbit above the lander. This had to happen within just one lunar day (2 earth weeks). We saw them complete the mission in just a couple days based on state-run media coverage. Now NASA has captured a photo of the lander using cameras on its own orbiter around the Moon.

Chinese scientists successfully test a hypersonic jet engine capable of mach 16

Jacob Knight - Dec 2nd 2020 1:56 pm PT

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A “revolutionary” hypersonic jet capable of traveling 16 times the speed of sound has completed tests conducted by the Institute of Mechanics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In theory, the results show an engine capable of traveling to any location around the globe within two hours.

China expected to preform ‘Chang’e 5’ Moon landing on Tuesday

Seth Kurkowski - Nov 30th 2020 1:47 pm PT @SethKurk

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According to leaks on Chinese social media, we now know when certain events will take place for China’s newest lunar lander that recently launched on November 23rd. China is apparently attempting to land their booster as early as December 1.

Watch: China wants to grab a chunk of the Moon with ‘Chang’e 5’ mission launching today

Seth Kurkowski - Nov 23rd 2020 11:39 am PT @SethKurk

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China is hours away from attempting a mission that hasn’t been tried since the end of the space race in the 1970s. Atop its Long March 5Y rocket, China plans to launch a lander to collect lunar soil never seen by researches here on Earth.

The mission is called “Chang’e 5” after the Chinese goddess of the moon. It’s also a continuation of what China has done with Chang’e 1-4 which has focused on learning how to orbit and land on the Moon. Now it is time for China to attempt to return a sample of the lunar surface.