26 April 2017
Representatives of China and the European Space Agency are discussing potential collaboration on a human outpost on the moon and other possible joint endeavors, according to a spokesman for the European agency and Chinese media reports.
The Secretary General for China's space agency, Tian Yulong, first disclosed the talks about the envisioned lunar base in Chinese state media. They were confirmed 26 April by Pal Hvistendahl, a spokesman for the European Space Agency, or ESA.
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China eyes international ‘Moon Village’
25 April 2017
The "moon village," a long-term manned scientific research base, is an inevitable step as lunar studies develop, as it can greatly enhance research and provide unique conditions to study the moon, Jiao Weixin, a professor at the School of Earth and Space Sciences in Peking University said.
He added that China should be confident in and stick to its own moon exploration agenda, which has been fruitful, instead of trying to catch up with other countries' achievements.
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26 April 2017
On 24 April, the Aerospace Objects Exhibition at the National Museum of China in Beijing was opened to mark the second China Aerospace Day, and runs through to 25 May.
The exhibition features 63 objects from National Museum of China's collection and 10 objects on loan from the China Manned Space Agency, as a testament to the country's ambitious aerospace project.
Among the exhibits is an installation which bears the palm prints of China's 11 astronauts who have gone into space.
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26 April 2017
Research teams at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have been involved in many ground-breaking projects. But it’s the university’s contribution to space exploration that has captured the public’s imagination.
Ingenious tools and devices, conceived and built to the most precise specifications at the university, have been on board high-profile missions to the Moon, and to Mars.
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25 April 2017
Space Day 2017 focused on how space technology can further economic and social development here on Earth. Astronauts and scientists from China and held talks and exhibitions opened to showcase Chinese advances in space exploration, China's lunar probe, and the BeiDou navigation satellite system.
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