February 2017
Growing space agency dilemma
... space commerce, known as ‘new space’ seem to offer lower cost services. NASA, ESA, CNES, DLR, JAXA, CNSA and ISRO - among other space agencies - face questions that include: What is your longer term vision...
16 January 2019
China unveils future space plans
...three missions after Chang'e-5," said Wu Yanhua, deputy head of the CNSA, at a press conference of the State Council Information Office. Sticking... space-nations was a central theme to the CNSA press conference, with Wu reiterating the importance of...
17 May 2021
China's Zhurong rover touches down on Mars
..., a vast plain on the northern hemisphere of Mars, at 7:18 am (Beijing Time), the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced. However CNSA have yet to release any images confirming the successful landing. China's first Mars rover is named...
30 September 2021
China, Russia to present lunar station declaration at IAC in Dubai
... said in a news release on Monday. Roscosmos and CNSA representatives, together with experts from France, Italy, the ...the parties to the project to abide by." Roscosmos and the CNSA at the global conference on space exploration GLEX-2021 in June...
03 January 2019
Chinese goddess lands on far side of the Moon
... and a barren surface that appears to be illuminated by a light from the probe. The China National Space Administration (CNSA) landed its robotic probe Chang’e 4 in the unexplored South Pole-Aitken basin. It is thought to be the largest, oldest...
15 November 2019
First public test of Mars lander for China ahead of 2020 launch
Yesterday, in front of around of 70 guests from 19 countries, China showed off the capabilities of its Mars Lander, including hovering, obstacle avoidance and deceleration manoeuvres, in preparation for the country’s first interplanetary mission ...
