Movie adaptation of "The Three-Body Problem" realeased on Bilibili
10 December 2022
China's video sharing website Bilibili released on 10 December the first 2 episodes of the animated adaptation of the Hugo Award-winning science fiction novel "The Three-Body Problem" by Liu Cixin. Within hours the movie generated 90 million views on the streaming page. "The Three-Body Problem" is the first book in a sci-fi trilogy that revolves around physicist Ye Wenjie's contact with the Trisolaran civilization existing in a three-sun system, and the centuries-long clashes that follow between earthlings and the aliens. Film, television and radio adaptations of the critically acclaimed trilogy have been avidly followed by China's online community. In January 2022, the final episode of the Chinese audio drama "Three-Body" was released on the online audio-sharing platform Ximalaya, where it received great acclaim from internet users.
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High-efficiency solar cells from Saudi Arabia to be tested on CSS
08 December 2022
Scientists from Saudi Arabia will soon have the opportunity to carry out an experiment aboard China's Tiangong space station that is expected to help with the design and production of high-efficiency solar cells. According to an agreement signed in March 2021 by the Saudi Space Commission and China Manned Space Agency, the Saudi experiment will focus on studying the effects of cosmic rays on the performance of high-efficiency solar cells.
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Earth Return for China Station Crew; Recovery Crews Face Bitter Cold Conditions at Landing Site
03 December 2022
Leonard David describes on his webportal "Inside Outer Space" the harsh and super-cold conditions of minus 25 degrees Celsius at the Gobi Desert landing site, the ground recovery teams for the SZ-14 mission will have to face on 4 December. A final all-system, comprehensive recovery drill for the SZ-14 mission was carried out in the night of 1 December at the Dongfeng landing site in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. A dozen search and rescue teams, 5 helicopters and more than 60 vehicles set out to their designated areas from the rendezvous point.
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CALT's Smart Dragon 3 rocket lifts 14 satellites during premier flight
09 December 2022
CALT launched a Smart Dragon 3 rocket from the Yellow Sea on 09 December, placing 14 satellites into the planned orbit.
The commercial rocket blasted off at 14:35 h BJT. The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre conducted the offshore launch mission.
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RELATED: Detalis about the Smart Dragon 3 premiere
10 December 2022
The Smart Dragon 3 (SD-3) carrier rocket made its debut flight at the Yellow Sea on 09 December, sending 14 commercial satellites into orbit. According to its developer, the new solid-propellant spacecraft has not only provided more capacity options for commercial launches but also advanced the country's development of this type of rocket to a new level.
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