17.05.2022
An international team of scientists has developed a comprehensive method, which include the noise reduction and the calculation of the plasma moments, to derive the solar wind parameters from the Tianwen 1 observations provided by the Chinese Planet Exploration Program Scientific Data Release System. The work is described in the publication: "The solar wind plasma upstream of Mars observed by Tianwen-1: Comparison with Mars Express and MAVEN" .
China's Tianwen-1 Solar Wind Observation: The beginning of a multi-spacecraft exploration in Martian space by China, the U.S., and Europe
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19 May 2022
CAST started to assemble a new cargo spacecraft Tianzhou 6. Design work has finished and engineers have begun to assemble spaceship. "The Tianzhou 3, 4 and 5 were built in accordance with the previous technical specifications while the new craft, from Tianzhou 6 to 11, will be based on a set of upgraded specifications," Bai Mingsheng, chief designer of the Tianzhou-series cargo spacecraft, told CCTV. Bai said that compared with its predecessors, the Tianzhou 6 will have a redesigned cargo section and its airtight cabin will have greater carrying capacity. The improvements will enable a new Tianzhou craft to operate for longer than before.
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19 May 2022
Chinese scientists have proposed a space project to survey the sky through a space-borne telescope to hunt for habitable Earth-like planets outside our solar system, about 32 light-years from Earth. The project, named Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES), if carried out, will be the first space mission specially designed to search for habitable terrestrial planets around nearby Sun-like stars.
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19 May 2022
Chinese aerospace experts slammed NASA's Administrator Bill Nelson for his "ridiculous" and "outrageous" remarks after the senior official alleged that China is "good at stealing" American designs in a "space race." China has achieved space achievements beyond the US despite the strong blockade of the country because China is taking the road of independent space development, experts stressed.
During Nelson's testimony at the House Appropriations Committee hearing on 17 May, he expressed his views when Alabama representative, Robert Aderholt, asked about the steps taken by NASA "to secure American research and development." Aderholt was reportedly referring to the "jarring similarities" that were noticed between the U.S. and Chinese spacecrafts, U.S. media reported on 18 May.
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