China

China's private space industry prepares to compete with SpaceX and Blue Origin

Posted in Hardware on 8th Oct, 2016
by Alex Muller

A new generation of Chinese commercial and tourist space endeavors are looking to compete as well.

China is developing plans for a suborbital space plane for tourists

Posted in Hardware on 4th Oct, 2016
by Alex Muller

Unlike the Shuttle or the X037B, the smaller version of China's space plane will carry all its fuel internally, and the concept seems to lack booster rockets.

China unveils its Mars 2020 probe and science goals

Posted in Science on 24th Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller

The mission will be complex and ambitious, including an orbiter, lander and rover.

Chinese scientists study viability of manned radar station on the moon

Posted in Science on 22nd Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller

The moon has been suggested to have numerous advantages over satellites or a space station as an earth observation platform.

China targets 2030 for operational hybrid hypersonic spaceplane

Posted in Science on 12th Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller

China claims it will master the spaceplane's technologies in the next three to five years, and a full-scale spaceplane would then enter service by 2030.