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Experts raise concerns over Chinas space ambitions 04 May 2021, 23:37 GMT+10 Beijing [China], May 4 (ANI): With the launch of the core module of Chinas first space station, several experts in the West have raised concerns about the clandestine ambitions behind the construction of the Chinese station and triggering of a new space race. The country is set to begin an ambitious two-year construction project 370 km above Earth for their modular space station and has also announced that it is open t...

Experts raise concerns that China could use its space station for military purposes ANI | Updated: May 04, 2021 18:32 IST Beijing [China], May 4 (ANI): With the launch of the core module of Chinas first space station, several experts in the West have raised concerns about the clandestine ambitions behind the construction of the Chinese station and triggering of a new space race. The country is set to begin an ambitious two-year construction project 370 km a...

The FAST telescope in Guizhou, China. Photo: Google Earth In the hills of China’s Guizhou province, a natural rock bowl cradles the world’s largest single-dish radio telescope. This instrument, called FAST – the Five-Hundred-Meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope – is, as its name suggests, 500 meters, or about 1,640 feet, across, a size that helps scientists detect more distant and fainter objects. And in late March, FAST began accepting scientific proposals from international astron...

Why the U.S. and China Should Collaborate in Space Time 8 hrs ago Will Marshall and Chris Hadfield © Getty Images/Roberto Machado Noa The Earth as seen from the cupola of the International Space Station While much has been made of the tense March 18 exchange between American and Chinese diplomats in Anchorage, Alaska, one area became an unlikely candidate for cooperation: outer space. During a press conference after the meeting, Jake Sullivan, the U.S. National Security Adv...

If you would like to see more articles like this please support our coverage of the space program by becoming a Spaceflight Now Member. If everyone who enjoys our website helps fund it, we can expand and improve our coverage further. China’s Tianwen 1 orbiter took this picture of Mars on March 18 from a distance of approximately 7,100 miles (11,500 kilometers). Credit: CNSA China’s Tianwen 1 spacecraft — in orbit around Mars since February — is scheduled to deploy a descent module to a...

After winning support from a new administration, Biden’s NASA is focusing on continuity with its Artemis Moon program — while ditching the 2024 timeline.

POLITICO Both nations pose significant security threats but their growing alliance could undermine our plans for space commerce. Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. | Kevin Frayer/Getty Images By ELYA TAICHMAN Link Copied Elya Taichman is the former legislative director for then-Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, where he focused on space, national security, and foreign policy. He is currently attending Temple University Beasley School ...

SUBSCRIBE TO EIR Executive Intelligence Review. by Ned Rosinsky, MD NASA An artist’s depiction of the Constellation mission, cancelled during the Obama administration in 2010. The Artemis program takes up again the task of sending human beings to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Jan. 23—With the new Biden administration already slashing several of the development policies initiated by the Trump presidency, such as the Keystone XL Pipeline, on his first day in office, and Biden promoting the anti...

Blazing towards Earth’s surface at a smoking seven-miles-a-second, China’s Chang’e 5 returner capsule separated from the service craft high above the coast of South Africa, entered a fiery skip zone off the Arabian Peninsula, transited India and the Himalayan range before parachuting from an altitude of six miles above Inner Mongolia.  The capsule hit ground on an isolated, snowy plain in the early hours of December 17 Beijing-time, completing a 23-day journey to the moon and back. Soon ...

If you would like to see more articles like this please support our coverage of the space program by becoming a Spaceflight Now Member. If everyone who enjoys our website helps fund it, we can expand and improve our coverage further. Staff members handle the capsule containing lunar samples returned by the Chang’e 5 mission. Credit: Xinhua Chinese officials say they plan to share a portion of the nearly 4 pounds of lunar material returned by the Chang’e 5 mission with other countries, but ...