10 April 2010
Research into lunar meteorites by a team of Chinese scientists has provided new evidence to support the giant-impact theory, which argues that the Moon was formed after a Mars-sized body impacted the Earth 4.5 billion years ago. Scientists with the Purple Mountain Observatory conducted research on three lunar meteorites from the U.S. space agency NASA and found chlorine isotopic fractionation, which only occurs in ultra-high-temperature and ultra-high-energy conditions, such as a giant collision between astronomical bodies.
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09 April 2019
China's lunar rover has driven 170.92 meters on the far side of the Moon to conduct scientific exploration on the virgin territory. The rover Yutu 2, or Jade Rabbit 2, took a "noon break" from 2 April to 8 April, as the temperatures on the Moon were extremely high, and continued its exploration, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Programme Center of the China National Space Administration.
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07 April 2019
“5...4...3...2...1, liftoff! We have liftoff!” Ah, music to my ears, and if you’re reading this, probably to yours too, eh? Mankind’s journey into space, from Russia’s launch of the first satellite, to NASA putting a man on the moon, and in today’s world, Space X blasting the first reusable rockets into the upper regions of the atmosphere, has been nothing short of an astonishing feat.
But one wonders - where does China come into play? As both a bonafide space geek and expat of the Middle Kingdom for the past 7+ years, I’ve always been curious about what accomplishments and developments China, now the world’s second largest economy, has done in the race to explore this beautiful universe we live in?
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02 April 2019
Chinese and Arab officials and experts on 01 April envisioned building a "Space Silk Road" through closer cooperation on wider application of China's indigenously made BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) in the Middle East. Speaking at the second China-Arab States BDS Cooperation Forum held in the Tunisian capital Tunis, the officials and experts agreed that increased application of the BDS in the region could elevate the China-Arab strategic cooperation to a higher level to benefit both sides.
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03 April 2019
China's first carrier rocket for commercial use, the Smart Dragon-1 (SD-1), has finished its engine test, paving way for its maiden flight in the first half of 2019, according to the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT). The rocket is the first member of the Dragon series commercial carrier rockets family to be produced by CALT.
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01 April 2019
A ban on radio equipment and electromagnetic gadgets went into effect on 1 April in the core silence zone of the world's largest telescope located in southwest China's Guizhou Province. Covering a wide range of electronic equipment from phones, digital cameras, and smart wearable devices, to tablets, speakers and drones, the ban is part of a newly revised regulation to keep the noise down and prevent human activities from affecting the telescope, known as the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST).
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