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Chinas new-generation manned rocket, which is currently under development, will possess the capability to send taikonauts to the Moon by around 2030, Global Times has learned from Chinas state-owned space giant China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).

The People's Liberation Army Air Force has commissioned the YY-20 large aerial refueling aircraft, which observers said will extensively enhance the service's operational capability.

Chinese market watchers predicted that Chinas domestically-made C919 jet, which has completed all test flights, is expected to enter commercial flight in 2023 after gaining certification.

A Long March-5B carrier rocket carrying the Wentian lab module blasts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in South Chinas Hainan province on Sunday.It can be linked with the 10-meter robotic arm on the Tianhe module to create a joint arm capable of reaching all major parts of the Tiangong station, according to the designer.

In a bid to boost defence against near-Earth asteroids, China has started construction of the worlds most far-reaching radar system, Global Times reported.

Beijing, July 18 (IANS) In a bid to boost defence against near-Earth asteroids, China has started construction of the world's most far-reaching radar system,

The worlds most far-reaching radar system will also support Chinas quests of probing the territory between the Earth and the Moon,

China's new asteroid radar system is now being developed. Once completed, China Fuyan will be the world's largest asteroid detector.

In a move to play increasingly role in global efforts to safeguard Planet Earth, China has recently begun constructing a new high-definition deep-space active observation facility in the country’s southwest Chongqing municipality, with goals including boosting its defense capability against near-Earth asteroid as well as sensing capability for the Earth-Moon system.

China on Sunday successfully conducted an antiballistic missile test in a move experts said on Monday is a crucial part of the countrys national defense development that is defensive in nature, demonstrating the reliability of Chinas antiballistic missile umbrella amid US attempts to blackmail China with modern, nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles and deploying intermediate-range ballistic missiles in the Asia-Pacific region on the doorsteps of China.