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Chinese Astronauts Complete Spacewalk
Chinese astronauts Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo successfully completed their first spacewalk outside the Tiangong space station on July 4, over two weeks after they arrived at the station in low-Earth orbit.
Chinese Mars Rover Sends Photo Home
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) published the first high-resolution image of the surface of Mars on June 7, sent back by Chinese rover Zhurong.
Core Space Station Module Reaches Orbit
Chinese scientists successfully launched the Tianhe, the core module of China’s first space station to near-Earth orbit on April 29, marking the first stage of space station construction which is planned to be completed by 2022.
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FAST Radio Telescope Opens to World Astronomers
China plans to open its 500-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) in Guizhou Province to the world’s astronomers as of March 30, reported Xinhua News Agency.
New Computer Achieves ‘Quantum Supremacy’
Chinese scientists recently unveiled a prototype quantum computer that in one computation can calculate 100 trillion times faster than the current best supercomputers.
Lunar Ambitions
Li Qing, deputy director of design for the Chang’e 5 explorer explains the difficulties and goals of retrieving and returning surface samples from the moon to Earth