Articles under this tag explore China’s aerospace ecosystem, covering launch cadence, spacecraft, space policy, and the broader STEM technologies driving its rise as a global space power.
SpaceX currently operates the world's only partially reusable rocket with its Falcon 9, having landed its first-stage boosters over five hundred times since December 2015. Now, almost a decade later, two
The Chinese space program has had a growing issue regarding launch capacity and especially with capable modern launchers, but that has been rapidly changing with this recent year. 2025 has proven to be
The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing on September 3rd, titled "There’s a Bad Moon on the Rise: Why Congress and NASA Must Thwart China
China launched its Shijian-25 refueling spacecraft atop of a Long March 3B/E back at the beginning of the year. Since then, the spacecraft has been heading toward its likely target, Shijian-21, to
Congratulations to the People's Republic of China on returning humans to the lunar surface! But they haven't performed a crewed lunar mission yet? No, China hasn't, but
China's Shenzhou-20 mission blasted off earlier today from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center atop of a Long March 2F/G, chasing down the Tiangong Space Station in low Earth orbit. Following
China’s Tianwen-2 mission (originally known as ZhengHe), scheduled for launch in May 2025, represents a bold step in planetary exploration. This ambitious mission aims to return samples from the enigmatic near-Earth asteroid
SpaceX's Starlink mega-constellation is currently the premier choice for space-based internet, with the constellation boasting well over 7,000 satellites launched since 2019. However, in recent years China has been aiming
Yesterday, December 16th, China began deployment of its GuoWang internet mega-constellation with the launch of a Long March 5B from the Wenchang Space Launch Site carrying ten satellites. Plans for GuoWang were kicked
China has performed over a half dozen launches in November, debuting two new launch vehicles. One of these is from a state-owned enterprise while the other is from a privately-held company, and builds
China launched its eighth crewed mission to its Tiangong Space Station at 04:27 am China Standard Time (October 29th), or 20:47 pm Universal Coordinated Time (October 30th). This new crew will
The Chinese Manned Space Agency has awarded commercial cargo contracts, and gives moon mission updates. Learn about it now!
