space exploration
NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale Sets new Guinness World Record
Staff Reporter | | Nov 07, 2016 02:10 PM EST |
Just over a month after NASA achieved the closest flying separation ever of any multispacecraft formation, NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) now holds the Guinness World Record for the highest altitude fix of a GPS signal as the team of four satellites set the new record of 43,500 miles above the surface of the Earth.
Tourists Flock Launch Center As China Opens Up its Space Program
Phenny Lynn Palec | | Nov 04, 2016 02:51 PM EDT |
China, known for its highly secret space program recently opening its space project to tens and thousands of tourists in a surprising reversal of policy.
China Rolls Out Rocket for Manned Shenzhou-11, Launch Within a Week: Report
Charissa Echavez | | Oct 11, 2016 10:44 PM EDT |
China on Monday discreetly rolled out the Long March 2F rocket, which will be used to send the manned Shenzhou-11 spacecraft into the orbit to dock on the Tiangong-2 space lab, GB Times reported.
China Releases Designed Probe Concept for Mars 2020 Mission
Charissa Echavez | | Aug 24, 2016 01:40 PM EDT |
China's space agency has released the first detailed look at three technological components for its unmanned Mars mission, which is aimed to take off in 2020.
China Plans to Launch 14 Meteorological Satellites by 2025
Charissa Echavezx | | Jul 05, 2016 07:54 AM EDT |
China is set to launch 14 meteorological satellites into the orbit over the next decade, a senior Chinese official said at a press conference on Monday.
China Experiments Human Survival in Space Capsule for Future Deep Space Exploration
Staff Reporter | | Jun 21, 2016 02:55 PM EDT |
Chinese scientists are experimenting the possibilities and potential challenges of human survival in future deep space exploration missions. The study which is expected to be a breakthrough in future space travel involved the simulating space conditions in a capsule.
China Gives Push to Space Exploration Program: to Launch Core Module by 2018
Rina S. | | Apr 21, 2016 09:18 AM EDT |
China wants its permanent manned space station up and running by 2022 by launching its core module in 2018.
Space-X one Step Closer to Making Private Space Travel a Reality
Iesha javed | | Apr 09, 2016 02:15 PM EDT |
With its succesful delivery of a cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) and the safe landing of Space X's Falcon 9 reusable rocket, the Elon Musk-lead company has moved humanity a step closer to acheiving the dream of affordable private space aviation.
China to Land Probe on Dark Side of the Moon in 2018
Charissa Echavez | | Jan 15, 2016 12:54 PM EST |
China is set to make another major leap in space exploration following an announcement that the country will land its first ever probe on the dark side of the moon in 2018. China's State of Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense revealed on Thursday the country will send the Chang'e-4 probe to the moon in two years.
Is it Possible to Send Humans to Pluto?
Marie de Vera | | Nov 24, 2015 12:33 PM EST |
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was ecstatic when the images of the first Pluto fly-by were being relayed back to Earth. Now that the monumental feat has been achieved, the agency is facing one of the biggest question yet; is it possible to send humans to Pluto?
US and China Set Up Space 'Hotline' to Avoid Space Mishaps
Charissa Echavez | | Nov 23, 2015 10:17 AM EST |
American and Chinese authorities are taking steps to prevent future space crisis by establishing a space "hotline."
Asteroid Mining Bill Approved by U.S. Congress
Ana Verayo | | Nov 18, 2015 08:04 AM EST |
The United States Congress apparently passed its newest bill called the SPACE Act of 2015, allowing space mining companies to acquire resources from asteroids.
China Plans to Conquer Space, Seas, Internet
Michael A. Katz | | Nov 12, 2015 04:45 PM EST |
China has set out a five-year plan to launch key initiatives within the space industry, maritime industry and the Internet. "We must improve our economic, technological and national defense capabilities ... otherwise we will be large, but not powerful."
China Builds Largest Telescope in the World
Eana Maniebo | | Oct 12, 2015 07:57 AM EDT |
China joins the race to build the largest optical instrument known to man. The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) is being built that will allow scientists to capture radio signals from space billions of light years away.
China's Space Program: China to Land on the Dark Side of the Moon
Victor Wachanga | | Sep 14, 2015 12:18 PM EDT |
In consistence with the latest updates, China has big plans to embark on an exploration on the far side of the moon.
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