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China launches robot prototype capable of catching space debris with net Reuters 1 hr ago © Reuters/TINGSHU WANG FILE PHOTO: China marks its Space Day BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese space mining start-up launched into low Earth orbit on Tuesday a robot prototype that can scoop up debris left behind by other spacecraft with a big net. The NEO-01, which will also peer into deep space to observe small celestial bodies, was launched on the government's Long March 6 rocket along with a handful of satellites, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The 30kg robot developed by Shenzhen-based O...

By ZHANG ZHOUXIANG | China Daily | Updated: 2021-04-26 07:58 Share CLOSE Photo taken on April 23, 2021 shows the combination of the core module of China's space station, Tianhe, and the Long March-5B Y2 rocket after it was transported to the launching area of the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in South China's Hainan province. [Photo/Xinhua] Saturday marks the sixth Space Day of China. Five years after it was established in 2016, the nation has made tremendous progress in various aspects of space exploration. On the first Space Day i...

2021-04-25 10:05 　 By: Xinhua 　 China National Space Administration (CNSA) announces the name of China's first Mars rover in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 24, 2021. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng) by Xinhua writers Liu Yiwei and Yu Fei NANJING, April 24 (Xinhua) -- China's first Mars rover has been named Zhurong, announced the China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Saturday, China's Space Day. Zhurong is the god of fire in ancient Chinese mythology, which echoes with the Chinese name of the red planet, Huoxing (meaning the planet o...

China aims to launch the Chang'e-6 probe to collect samples in the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the fa

2021-04-24 06:05:51 GMT2021-04-24 14:05:51(Beijing Time) Xinhua English China National Space Administration (CNSA) announces the name of China's first Mars rover in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 24, 2021. China's first Mars rover has been named Zhurong, announced the CNSA on Saturday, China's Space Day. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng) by Xinhua writers Liu Yiwei and Yu Fei NANJING, April 24 (Xinhua) -- China's first Mars rover has been named Zhurong, announced the China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Saturday, China's Space Day. Zhurong is the god of fire in ancient Chine...