28 April 2017
On 28 April, a press conference of the State Council Information Office was conducted. The speakers were: Wang Zhaoyao, Director of China Manned Space Agency; Yang Baohua, Vice President of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation; Zhao Guangheng, Chief Designer of the Space Utilization System; Sun Jun, Deputy Director of Beijing Aerospace Control Center
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01 May 2017
The second Long March 5, China's own heavy-lift launch vehicle (HLLV), has arrived at southern China's Wenchang city, where it will be launched in June. The rocket was transported from its factory in Tianjin to Wenchang by sea in six days, longer than expected as a result of a sudden weather change. The rocket is scheduled to launch in June, sending the Shijian-18 communication satellite into Earth's orbit.
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02 May 2017
As China’s space programme takes off, there are plans to develop the Wenchang Space Education Center into a  world class space theme park. The Education Center is close to the Wenchang Space Launch Center, where China’s first cargo spacecraft Tianzhou 1 was launched last month. Visitors can see models of rockets, satellites and space suits as well as enjoying a VR space experience and a two-seater gyroscope simulating astronaut training.
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28 April 2017
A course about basic knowledge of rockets was offered to all the first graders at Beijing Xicheng Foreign Languages School on 26 April, just two days after China’s national Space Day. The students were taught about the origins, structure and flight theory of rockets, the history of China’s space industry, and the launching process of the Long March-7 carrier rocket, which lifted Tianzhou-1, China’s first cargo spacecraft. The teachers also instructed the students to assemble flying rocket models to gain first-hand experience of how it works.
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