13 October 2022
As a photographer of the manned space project, Xu Bu has participated in many taikonaut training sessions and witnessed the development of the country's aerospace science and technology sector over the past 10 years. The exceptional photos he took are showing China's progress in the human space flight programme.
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12 October 2022
The 3rd live class from China's Space Station was held in the afternoon of 12 October and was delivered by SZ-14 crew members Chen Dong, Liu Yang, and Cai Xuzhe to students on Earth. The main classroom was located at the Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The class was also being attended by students from other 3 classrooms in Yunnan, Henan, and Shandong. It is the first science lecture from the Wentian lab module. The previous 2 lectures of the "Tiangong Class" series were delivered by the SZ-13 crew from the Station's core module Tianhe.
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Full video: SZ-14 crew's first livestream lecture from China Space Station

13 October 2022
China launched the S-SAR01 satellite on 13 October at 6:53 BJT. The CZ-2C rocket took off from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre. The environmental satellite has entered the preset orbit. By obtaining 5-m resolution S-band radar image data, the satellite will support disaster prevention, reduction, relief, and environmental protection. It will also serve natural resources, water conservancy, agriculture, forestry, earthquakes, and other fields. Its primary users will be the Ministry of Emergency Management and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.
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13 October 2022
What is the status on the International Lunar Scientific Station (ILRS), initiated by Russia and China? Leonard David summarises the known information in an article on his webportal Inside Outer Space: "According to Russia’s TASS news agency, the forthcoming inking of a formal agreement on the ILRS was detailed by Anatoly Petrukovich, head of Russia’s group of ILRS experts. Petrukovich discussed details at the now underway XIII Moscow Symposium on the Study of the Solar System, as also noted by the informative Novosti-Kosmonavtiki news site."
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