09 August 2021
This week, Blaine Curcio and Jean Deville discussed Chinese efforts for SAR satellite utilisation, iSpace's launch failure of the launch of its solid-fueled Hyperbola 1 rocket, Deep Blue Aerospace's first hop with its Nebula test vehicle and Expace's assembly of Kuaizhou 1A and 11 rockets.
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07 August 2021
The Shenzhou 12 crew has already spent half of the time of their 3-month space mission. They have conducted a series of experiments using the human research facility. The research rack is supporting investigations of basic cognitive ability, physical exercise, weight loss and vision. It can also store medical samples, archives and medical instruments. A medical fridge can keep different samples such as blood, urine and saliva refrigerated.
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03 August 2021
China has been swiftly assembling its Chinese space station, basically a large 60+ tons space laboratory that will be orbiting the Earth at an altitude of 350-450 km. But did you know that China's crewed spaceflight projects date all the way back to the 1960s? In this special episode of the DongFang Hour, Jean Deville covers "everything you need to know" about the Chinese Space Station, from a historical perspective to a detailed timeline of the station assembly.
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06 August 2021
Mars rover Zhurong has traveled more than 800 m on the Martian surface as of 6 August, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Programme Centre of the China National Space Administration. Zhurong has been traversing a complex terrain full of rocks, craters and dunes, and its rear hazard-avoidance camera captured a picture of the rover just moving across the rocks. By 6 August, the rover has worked on the surface of Mars for 82 Martian days and the Tianwen 1 orbiter has been in orbit for 379 days. Both are in good condition and functioning properly.
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06 August 2021
A CZ-3B carrier rocket carrying the Zhongxing-2E satellite launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre on 6 August 2021 at 0:30 BJT (5 August, 16:30 UTC). The satellite has entered its preset orbit.
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04 August 2021
China’s first 9.5-m-diameter rocket tank bottom and the liquid booster engine for the super-heavy-lift Long March-9 carrier rocket were rolled out in recent days. The breakthrough was made in Wuhan, Central China’s Hubei Province, by research teams from the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). It has filled the gap in extra-large rocket tank products in the country’s aerospace industry, according to the China Space News on Wednesday, which is co-published by CASC and another industry giant China Academy of Space Technology.
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