CZ-5B debris re-entered over the South Pacific
05 November 2022
The debris of the CZ-5B Y4 launcher re-entered the atmosphere at about 10:01 UTC (18:01 BJT) on 4 November 2022. The touchdown site was in waters of the south-central Pacific Ocean. Most of the components were destroyed during re-entry.
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Mengtian relocated into final position
03 November 2022
The hour-long transposition operation of the Mengtian space laboratory from an axial port of the Tianhe core module to a radial port was successfully completed on 03 November at 9:32 BJT. The process started with the Mengtian lab module first completing its state setting and followed by the separation from the space station combination. Mengtian next conducted transposition and docked at the side port of the core module's node cabin. This transposition marked the formation of the space station's basic T-shape configuration. The SZ-14 crew entered the module at 15:12 BJT.
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Shenzhou 14 taikonauts talked with ASEAN youths
01 November 2022
Students from the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) had a discussion on 01 November with taikonauts – Liu Yang, Chen Dong and Cai Xuzhe – presently aboard China's space station, getting their questions answered via video link. Jointly organised by China-ASEAN Center and World Affairs Press Co. Ltd., the session attracted nearly 1,000 teenagers from China and ASEAN Member States. The main discussion venue was in Beijing with branch venues in ASEAN countries including Brunei, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. In September, the crew talked with African students.
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New discoveries by Wukong dark matter explorer
02 November 2022
Researchers at the Purple Mountain Observatory (PMO), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) recently released the latest discoveries made by the Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE), which shows that high-energy particles in our universe may travel slower than what we think. With data collected by Wukong in the past six years, the researchers illustrated an energy spectrum of boron-to-carbon and boron-to-oxygen flux ratios, which show differences from theoretical calculations. The new discoveries and related data have been published on Science Bulletin, an English-language academic journal supervised by CAS.
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Link to publication: Detection of spectral hardenings in cosmic-ray boron-to-carbon and boron-to-oxygen flux ratios with DAMPE