17 December 2018
China's Dark Matter Particle Explorer, nicknamed "Wukong" or "Monkey King," will extend its service in space by two years, as it is still in good condition and collecting key scientific data. The research team operating the satellite said on 17 December that Wukong's key performance indicators have barely changed compared with three years ago when it was launched as China's first dark matter probe satellite.
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14 December 2018
When it comes to rocket science, nuts and bolts may appear to some people to be the least-complicated parts. Wang Huiping would argue otherwise. In the run-up to the ninth flight of the Long March 2F carrier rocket, which lifted three Chinese astronauts in 2012, engineers raised concern that there were no standards for technicians to follow when mounting bolts and screws, which could affect the quality of the expensive, large rocket.
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20 December 2018
"There are now 300,000 people working for China's space industry. We can say that several generations of people have worked hard to form a whole set of experiences, methods, rules and systems for systematic engineering management when we conducted research on models. This is a unique spirit of China's aerospace industry," said Luan Enjie, former administrator, China National Space Administration.
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the CCTV footage with narration:
China's space exploration: Global collaboration gathers pace

19 December 2018
Data acquired by China's Tiangong-2space lab has assisted more than 70 research projects since it began orbiting in space more than two years ago. Its application has offered about 37 trillion bytes of data observing Earth, according to a conference on Tiangong 2 held in Beijing on 18 December. The data serves 61 institutes for 76 projects, including 15 national departments, 14 scientific research institutes and 32 universities. The projects cover multiple fields - resources, atmosphere, lakes, agriculture and marine meteorological support.
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