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Astronauts touch down in Hong Kong
Hong Kong :: China | 12 months ago
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The astronauts of the Shenzhou VII manned space mission arrived in Hong Kong on Friday morning for a four-day visit, offering words of encouragement to local people as they grapple with the impact of the global economic slowdown. Led by Zhang Jianqi,...
Tags: space, Hong Kongers, Hong Kong Science Museum, Hong Kong International Airport, allnews, China, manned space, space mission, Administration Henry Tang, Shenzhou VII
China grounds flights ahead of space launch
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility Only after hours of delay did they find out that their trip had been grounded by a last-minute order from China’s secretive air traffic controllers intended to prevent any potential problems from marring the long-planned launch of the nation’s third manned...
Tags: mission, space, China, space mission
China begins final countdown to spacewalk mission
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility The Jiuquan space centre in the north-western province of Gansu began the countdown at 1:10 pm (0510 GMT), state media said. The start of the countdown put the mission on course for its previously announced launch time of 9:10 pm (1310 GMT), although...
Tags: chinese astronauts, its third manned space mission, spaceship, China, news, manned space, space mission, Wang Zhaoyao, vehicular activity
Experts dismiss concerns over manned space program
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility Cui said Chinese scientists saw the manned space program as a scientific exploration and hoped it could help boost China's overall scientific level and innovation capability. Cui did not disclose what scientific experiments Chinese taikonauts (astronauts)...
Tags: space, china, First Spacewalk China, space mission, Shenzhou VII, manned space, space walk
China space mission set for late September
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility China's third manned space flight, which will feature China's first attempted space walk, will blast off in late September, state media reported. The launch of the Shenzhou VII will take place "at an appropriate time between September 25 and 30," Xinhua...
Tags: space, its third manned space mission, China, space walk, Shenzhou VII, man space, Xinhua News Agency, space mission
China's 1st spacewalk mission to launch in October
Xinhua :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility China's Shenzhou VII manned space mission, which will include the first spacewalk by a Chinese "taikonaut," is to launch in October, said a spokesman of the China manned space engineering office here on Thursday. He would not give the exact date of the...
Tags: space, manned space, China, space mission
Inaugural spacewalk set for Oct
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility China will launch its historic third manned space mission in October, a spokesman for the national space agency said yesterday...The spacecraft has been named Shenzhou VII, which means "divine vessel" in Mandarin. "The Shenzhou VII manned space mission...
Tags: space, its third manned space mission, China, man space, space mission, news, Shenzhou VII, spacewalk mission, vii man
India Announces Plans for 70 Space Missions
Bangalore :: India | about 1 year ago
Credibility India plans to undertake 70 space missions in five years, a nearly three-fold jump from the previous half-decade.
Tags: india, space mission, Indian Space Research Organization, manned space
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