12 June 2020
A 300-m-long sky bridge across the top of 4 of the 8 skyscrapers that make up Raffles City Chongqing, a multi-use riverside complex in the southwest China megacity, is hosting "The Exploration Deck"
Raffles City Chongqing teamed up with National Geographic to create an exploration-themed exhibition.
The Exploration Deck guides visitors from the ground floor to the outdoor viewing deck through a five-part exhibition. After taking a space-inspired express lift, visitors go on to the Mars exhibition on level 47.
The exhibition brings to life space exploration through five multi-dimensional exhibition zones and showcases how mankind is making life possible on Mars.
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13 June 2020
China has revealed the interior layout of the return capsule of its experimental new-generation manned spaceship for the first time. Inside the capsule, the right side of it was for supplies. This time, the capsule carried nearly 1,000 pieces of supplies to verify the spaceship's cargo capacity, making it a trip with the heaviest goods and greatest variety of items in China's space trip history. And on its left side was a living area for astronauts, with a folding table and a toilet. The interior surfaces and fixtures were also in good condition, which shows the split design inside the capsule works.
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13 June 2020
The Chinese Beidou navigation network will be complete this month when its final satellite goes into orbit, giving China greater independence from U.S.-owned GPS and heating up competition in a sector long dominated by the United States. With estimated investment of $10 billion, Beidou keeps the communications network of the Chinese military secure, avoiding the risk of disruption to GPS in the extreme event of conflict. Weapons targeting and guidance also improves. When complete, Beidou's location services are accurate down to 10 cm in the Asia-Pacific, compared with GPS's 30-cm range.
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02 June 2020
On 2 June 2020, the Deputy Representative of Roscosmos of Russia, Mr. Anton Petrov visited the APSCO Headquarters in Beijing. Ms. Aisha Jagirani, the Director General of the Department of External Relations and Legal Affairs warmly welcomed Mr. Petrov, and made a brief introduction about APSCO and its activities. Mr. Xu Yansong, the Director General of the Department of Program Management and Data Service, recalled the early collaboration between Russia and APSCO, also gave a prospect of cooperative fields in the future. Mr. Anton Petrov recognised the important roles of international organization, and showed the willingness for future cooperation. Both sides exchanged views of common interests.
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