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CASC Awarded 2011 China Top Ten Innovative Enterprises Title
Read more →: CASC Awarded 2011 China Top Ten Innovative Enterprises TitleBEIJING, Dec. 29 (China Space News) — China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) was named one of…
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China’s Homegrown Navigation Satellite Network Starts Providing Services
Read more →: China’s Homegrown Navigation Satellite Network Starts Providing ServicesBEIJING, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) — China’s homegrown BeiDou Navigation Satellite System began providing initial positioning, navigation and timing…
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China Launches NigComSat-1R Satellite for Nigeria
Read more →: China Launches NigComSat-1R Satellite for NigeriaBEIJING, Dec. 20 (China Space News) — China launched the communications satellite NigComSat-1R for Nigeria at 0:41 a.m.…
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Tiangong-1 Orbiter Starts Planned Cabin Checks Against Toxic Gas
Read more →: Tiangong-1 Orbiter Starts Planned Cabin Checks Against Toxic GasBEIJING, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) — The Chinese prototype space lab Tiangong-1 on Thursday started regular checks for toxic…
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Flight Vehicle Design Expert Elected Academician of CAE
Read more →: Flight Vehicle Design Expert Elected Academician of CAEBEIJING, Dec. 12 (China Space News) — The Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) announced on Dec. 9 that…
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With Stratolaunch project, Paul Allen makes a big bet on commercial spaceflight
Read more →: With Stratolaunch project, Paul Allen makes a big bet on commercial spaceflightFormer NASA administrator Mike Griffin, Burt Rutan and Paul Allen at the conclusion of the news conference today.…
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Q&A: Charles Simonyi on the magic of space and the ‘coziness’ of the trip home
Read more →: Q&A: Charles Simonyi on the magic of space and the ‘coziness’ of the trip homeSeattle’s Museum of Flight this week dedicated its new Charles Simonyi Space Gallery, named after the former Microsoft…
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CASC Commemorates 100th Birth Anniversary of Qian Xuesen
Read more →: CASC Commemorates 100th Birth Anniversary of Qian XuesenBEIJING, Dec. 9 (China Space News) — One academy and two laboratories of China Aerospace Science and Technology…
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Seattle’s Museum of Flight getting a Soyuz spacecraft, courtesy Charles Simonyi
Read more →: Seattle’s Museum of Flight getting a Soyuz spacecraft, courtesy Charles SimonyiThe Soyuz TMA-13 Reentry Module that returned Charles Simonyi to Earth from the International Space Station. Credit: Space…
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China to Launch Communications Satellite for Turkmenistan
Read more →: China to Launch Communications Satellite for TurkmenistanBEIJING, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) — China will launch a communications satellite for Turkmenistan with its Long March-3B carrier…
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China Siwei Surveying & Mapping Corp. Relaunched
Read more →: China Siwei Surveying & Mapping Corp. RelaunchedBEIJING, Dec. 1 (China Space News) — China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) relaunched a subsidiary on…
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China Launches 10th Satellite for Navigation System
Read more →: China Launches 10th Satellite for Navigation SystemXICHANG, Sichuan, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) — China successfully launched a satellite into space at 5:07 a.m. Beijing Time…