20 October 2021
Chinese space engineers have conducted the first ignition test of the most powerful solid-propellant rocket engine in the world, which will be used on new-generation rockets, according to the Academy of Aerospace Solid Propulsion Technology in Xi'an, Shaanxi province.
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some footage of the engine and hot fire test

19 October 2021
During a press conference on 19 October at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, Li Xianhua, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) introduced an analysis of Moon rocks brought back to Earth by CE-5. Li Xianhua led a research team of that studied the lunar samples and dated the youngest rock on the Moon at around 2 billion years in age, extending the "life" of lunar volcanism 800-900 million years longer than previously known.
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19 October 2021
Deng Qingming, along with Li Qinglong, Wu Jie, Chen Quan, Zhao Chuandong and Pan Zhanchun, have dedicated over two decades of their life in regular training to ensure they would be ready at a moment's notice if the country called upon them, knowing their chances of taking part in a mission diminished every day as they aged. While most of them have since retired from active services and been transferred to support posts at the Astronaut Center of China, Deng Qingming has served as a backup space crew member for 23 years. He continues to stand ready at his post, available to join a mission at any time.
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18 October 2021
In this week's episode, Jean Deville and Blaine Curcio reflect on 3 main topics: the 100 m VTVL hop test with Deep Blue Aerospace's Nebula-M rocket; the docking of the Shenzhou 13 space craft with the Tianhe core module of the Chinese Space Station and the recent launch of 11 satellites by the CZ-2D.
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