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China steps up space race with another successful rocket launch
marking a further step in the country's ambitions for a crewed mission to the Moon and explore Mars. The Shenzhou 20 ...
NASA's SLS rocket, Orion and science on chopping block under White House budget proposal
A budget proposal released on May 2 includes not only cuts to NASA's science budget, but an early end to its SLS moon rocket.
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China rocket launch fires three astronauts to satellite amid fears of new space race
Staff who work at the launch site as well as some of their families and other members of the public gathered in organised lines to watch the rocket ... and China to create bases on the moon ...
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China’s moon shot: 2030 crewed lunar mission tests on pace, space agency says
China’s plans to put astronauts on the moon by 2030 remain on track with large-scale tests proceeding “as scheduled”, following the completion of early trials for lunar landing spacecraft ...
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Chinese rocket launches three astronauts to Tiangong space station
The world’s second-largest economy has bold plans to send a crewed mission to the moon by the ... three astronauts to China’s Tiangong space station. The Long March-2F rocket lifted into ...
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Three Chinese astronauts blast off for Tiangong space station
The world's second-largest economy has bold plans to send a crewed mission to the Moon by the ... three astronauts to China's Tiangong space station. The Long March-2F rocket lifted into the ...
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China's rocket launch is building on space programme with staggering ambition
Image: China's Long March 2F rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-20 crew ... China wants to be the next country to put a man on the moon and the first country to return samples from Mars, both feats ...