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China's Shenzhou-21 spacecraft successfully docked with the Tiangong space station just 3.5 hours after launch, marking the seventh crewed mission to the station, which will conduct scientific experiments and prepare for future expansion and lunar missions.
China's Tianzhou 9 cargo spacecraft successfully docked with the Tiangong space station, carrying supplies, upgraded spacesuits, scientific payloads, and equipment for astronaut fitness and research, marking a significant advancement in China's space capabilities and mission readiness.
Chinese scientists are proposing their first mission to an ice giant, aiming to launch a radioisotope-powered spacecraft to orbit Neptune and study its moon Triton, following recent images of Neptune taken by the James Webb Space Telescope.
China's Tianwen 2 spacecraft has sent back its first public image as it heads towards the quasi-moon asteroid Kamo'oalewa, with the mission aiming to study, sample, and return material from the asteroid, which could be a lunar fragment ejected by a giant impact, before proceeding to further targets in the solar system.
China's Tianwen 2 spacecraft has sent back its first public image as it approaches the quasi-moon asteroid Kamo'oalewa, aiming to study and sample it before returning to Earth in 2027, with future plans to explore a comet around 2035.
China launched the Tianwen-2 mission to study two unique objects in our solar system: an asteroid called Kamoʻoalewa, potentially a lunar fragment, and a main belt comet 311P/Pan-STARRS, both of which have never been visited by spacecraft before. The mission aims to collect asteroid samples and conduct a flyby of the comet, promising new insights into these mysterious celestial bodies and their origins.
China's Chang’e-6 mission is set to attempt a historic landing on the far side of the moon this weekend to collect samples from the Apollo crater. The mission, which launched on May 3, aims to gather up to 2,000 grams of lunar material for scientific analysis, with the samples expected to return to Earth around June 25. The mission is supported by international collaborations and is part of China's broader lunar exploration goals, including future missions and the establishment of a permanent lunar base.