29 May 2018
The China Science and Technology Museum has donated four rockets and two spacecraft models the Space Exploration Gallery at Tech Dome Penang  in Komtar, Malaysia.
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27 May 2018
Fifteen Chinese astronauts have just completed desert survival training deep in the Badain Jaran Desert near Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. Organised by the Astronaut Center of China (ACC), the program was designed to prepare astronauts with the capacity to survive in the wilderness in the event their re-entry capsule lands off target. This is the latest survival training activity for Chinese astronauts after their sea survival training in August 2017.
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Chinese astronauts' 48 hours in desert
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Desert odyssey: Chinese astronauts complete survival training (VIDEO)
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25 May 2018
Chinese space tracking ship Yuanwang 3 has returned to port in east China's Jiangsu Province after completing a three-month maritime space monitoring mission. The ship docked at a port in Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province on 25 May. The mission lasted for more than 70 days, traveling more than 16,000 nautical miles. The crew completed the maritime space monitoring tasks set for this expedition and also carried out the emergency monitoring of China's experimental space lab Tiangong 1 that re-entered the atmosphere after completing its mission.
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25 May 2018
SpaceNews published a brief but competent analysis of the Chinese space industry sector. The authors draw the important conclusion: "As has become increasingly clear over the past few months, one of the likely challenges facing launch providers in the future will be low-cost competition from Chinese companies. ... as Chinese companies start to provide service to foreign (but non-U.S.) companies, their concepts may become proven, and their products significantly more appealing to value-conscious companies in the rapidly expanding new space industry."
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For a comprehensive overview on China’s current commercial space activities, read part one of the GoTaikonauts! report in issue no 21. The newsletter comprises also an extensive report about the 3rd China (International) Commercial Aerospace Forum (CCAF) Wuhan last year. For the first time, the forum went international – and this – with unprecedented success. Our latest newsletter has a detailed report on this event. Three international space experts - Enrique Pacheco from Mexico, Andrew Paliwoda from the UK, and Philippe Cyr from Canada/China - explain their motivations for participation in the forum. The second part on China’s current commercial space activities will be published in issue no 22 together with a review of the historical beginnings.