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Experimental space plane aces test flight By Zhao Lei | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-07-20 10:24 Share CLOSE China's reusable aerospace plane, which was tested on Friday, offers great potential in a wide range of businesses, according to industry observers. "It will be able to do many different things: space tourism, transporting astronauts, satellite deployment, cargo transportation and emergency rescues," said Wang Yanan, editor-in-chief of Aerospace Knowledge magazine. "Compared to rockets and space shuttles, this new vehicle is lower c...

What is Space rice? China harvests 1st batch of seeds that travelled around moon hindustantimes.com | Written by Poulomi Ghosh © Ma Jianbing/VCG via Getty Images Staff members work at the landing site of the return capsule of Chang'e-5 probe, which is carrying soil and rocks from the moon, on December 17, 2020 in Siziwang Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China. China has harvested the first batch of Space rice from seeds that went to a 23-day lunar voyage with China's Chang'e-5 in November. After being exposed to cosmic radiation and zero gravity, these seeds we...

(July 12): China's first batch of rice seeds that traveled 23 days in space on the Chang'e-5 lunar probe in November 2020 have begun yielding grain, which experts said will enrich China's grain varieties and safeguard the country's food security, and also lay grounds for future manned deep-space explorations to the moon, Mars and other celestial bodies, Global Times reported. After over four months of growth, the dropping ears of the 2,000 "space rice plants" at the space breeding research center of the South China Agricultural University in South China's Guangdong Province promise a fruitfu...

Air parade pays tribute to Party centenary By ZHAO LEI | China Daily | Updated: 2021-07-02 07:38 Share CLOSE A fleet of Z-19 attack helicopters prepare to take part in an air parade in Beijing on Thursday. A group consisting of five Z-10 and 24 Z-19 helicopters formed the number 100 to pay tribute to the Party's centenary. [Photo/Xinhua] Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said on Thursday that China will build its military into a world-class force to better defend the country. "We must acc...

Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) warplanes are expected to deliver an aerial performance for the celebration activities of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), with a large number of the country’s most advanced stealth fighter jets, the J-20, and a type of newly developed helicopter, informally known as the Z-8L, participating, a rehearsal of the event on Sunday indicated.