14 September 2022
Aerospace Propulsion Institute, a subsidiary of CASC's 6th Academy announced on 13 September that for the first time the country has conducted a verification flight test on a domestically developed reusable liquid oxygen kerosene engine. The successful maiden flight test marks a major breakthrough in engine reusability development. In the verification flight test, the engine first served as the main engine in the maiden flight and after being inspected and maintained, successfully supported another repeated flight test. The Xi'an institute did not reveal the thrust of the engine or what launch vehicle was deployed in the flight test. Further details of the test would be released later.
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15 September 2022
The Shenzhou 13 re-entry capsule which landed on 16 April this year with the SZ-13 crew can be viewed at the ongoing Beijing Science Carnival. This is the 1st time the capsule has been put on display. The parachute of the spacecraft and parts of a CZ-3A carrier rocket are also on display at the Beijing Science Centre. The Science Carnival kicked off on 15 September and will last until 30 September. Also, China Space Station elements are prominently featured at the event. Visitors can have immersive experiences of the Tianhe core module and the newly-launched lab module Wentian using virtual reality devices. Fitting instruments, toilets, sleep cabins, as well as experiment cabinets that are closely related to the life and work of taikonauts are also exhibited.
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16 September 2022
"Welcome to China Space Station!", greeted the SZ-14 crew the global youth via video during an event on 15 September that gathered over 600 imaginative paintings and thousands of questions on space from over 20 countries and regions. Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe, joined in from space and lauded the participants' passion and curiosity at the event jointly hosted by China Media Group and China Science and Technology Museum. Created by young people, ranging from preschoolers to college students, the paintings tell intriguing stories – astronauts meet aliens in one picture, while another shows China's rice breeds growing on another planet.
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15 September 2022
Kuwait's national satellite team looks forward to cooperating with China in space projects and scientific research, Ahmed Al-Kandri, Deputy and Operations Manager of Kuwait's national satellite project, told Chinese media. After completing the final tests of the first Kuwaiti satellite, KuwaitSAT1, before its launch in November, Kuwait's national satellite team is designing KuwaitSAT2. Hala Al-Jassar, a faculty member in the Physics Department at Kuwait University and the Director of the national satellite project, hailed the KuwaitSAT1 project, which costed about 300,000 Kuwaiti dinars (about 970,000 U.S. dollars), as "a milestone in the field of scientific, environmental and natural phenomena study." KuwaitSAT1 will provide information for the study of coasts and islands through a micro-image captured by a high-quality, high-tech camera. By taking pictures of various cities and areas, the satellite will benefit engineering and environmental studies, said Al-Jassar. The satellite camera's data and photos will be tested for 3 months after launch.
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