13 September 2018
About 770 exhibitors from 43 countries and regions will showcase their latest advancements in the aerospace industry at the 12th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition (Airshow China) will be held from 6 to 11 November in the southern port city of Zhuhai, Guangdong Province. Models of China's new generation carrier rockets, the core module of China's space station, the Chang'e 4 lunar probe and relay satellite will also be displayed at the show, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
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13 September 2018
A group of Brazilian students will start to receive postgraduate studies this month at the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA) as part of the China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite (CBERS) cooperation programme which turns 30 this year. The Regional Center for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (RCSSTEAP-China), which was inaugurated at the BUAA in 2014, has offered scholarships for Brazilian students in the master's and PhD programs in space technology.
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Issue no 22 of the GoTaikonauts! newsletter was just published. The focus of reporting is on the quarterly news in China’s space programmes and selected background reports.

Issue no 22 - Content
• Quarterly Report October - December 2017

• Hard Road to Commercial Space
The past of the Chinese commercial launch service
(including a detailed list of Chinese commercial launch efforts - also for download in the "downloads" section)

• Commercial Space Takes off in China
The new player in the Chinese launcher and satellite business - Part 2

• To Mons Rümker and back with Chang'e 5
Visit by taikonaut Chen Dong to the Neubrandenburg Space Day 2017

• The Indian Space Programme - India's Incredible Journey From the Third World Towards the First
A book review

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13 September 2018
Upon request from potential applicants, in order to provide enough time for you to prepare applications in response to the 1st Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for flying your space experiments on-board the China Space Station (CSS), the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) have decided to extend the AO deadline by one month to 30 September 2018 for the international space community and all United Nations Member States to submit their applications.
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