02 September 2017
A portrait of Wang Shuqun, 47, the Chief Technician at the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology and special technician at the Shanghai Aerospace Equipments Manufacturer. He was the Chief Fitter behind the docking system when China’s Shenzhou-8 spacecraft docked with the Tiangong-1 space laboratory in 2011. The article explains his motivations and aims for the future.
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08 September 2017
With China's growing investment in space science and technology and its increasing market demand for satellite applications, countries like Britain are looking to work more closely with China in the area. "China is a huge country and satellites are perfect in providing the data unique for agriculture, for climate, for air quality," Chris Lee, head of International Space Partnerships at UK Space Agency, told Xinhua. He made the remark on the sideline of the 12th UK-China Space Workshop on Space Science and Technology, which was held in Edinburgh from 5 to 7 September.
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09 September 2017
China will finish building its first Mars simulation base in Northwest China for ecotourism and outdoor scientific experiments by 2020, but it won't be a scientific simulation base for future astronauts, a Senior Scientist said. The base will boost the local tourism economy, educate the public about space exploration and provide a multifunction, outdoor experiment field for scientists around the world, Liu Xiaoqun, Director of the General Office of Lunar and Deep-Space Exploration of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, told China Daily in an exclusive interview.
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09 September 2017
All in-orbit tests of China's first orbiting carbon observatory satellite, TanSat, which means "carbon" in Chinese, have been successfully completed, according to the China Meteorological Administration. As China's first mission intended to provide global space-based observations of atmospheric carbon dioxide, TanSat was launched on 22 December 2016. It is tasked to monitor the carbon dioxide variation in Earth's atmosphere on seasonal time scales, improving the understanding of the global carbon dioxide distribution as well as its contribution to the climate change.
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