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August 26, 2026
Zhurong radar layers and backwater geometry in nine Aeolis Dorsa channel belts provide separate evidence for a large ancient body of water in Mars’s northern lowlands. The post Mars’s vanished…
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. Pakistan reportedly turned to commercial satellite imagery after Operation Sindoor to determine whether its claimed strikes on... The post China…
Tianwen-2 has reached a fast-spinning asteroid that Webb estimates at only 18 plus or minus 2 metres wide, just as new spectra and models reopen its proposed lunar origin. The post China’s Tianwen‑2…
China’s Long March-6C carrier rocket has successfully launched and deployed seven satellites into their orbits from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on 25 August 2026. The launch took place at…
August 25, 2026
A scrubbed launch in the race to find water ice at the Moon's poles could cost China years in its push to establish the first permanent lunar base. The post China’s water-hunting Moon mission was…
Chang’e‑7’s delayed south-pole mission combines orbital mapping with a mini-flying probe designed to sample permanent shadow near Shackleton and measure water and its isotopes. The post China built…
China’s Chang’e-7 lunar probe sitting atop its Long March-5 Y14 carrier rocket has been rolled back to the assembly and test building at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan. Chang’e-7 was ready…
China launched a Long March-6C rocket this morning, placing seven satellites into orbit. The rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, in Shanxi province, in the north…
Written by Christophe Bosquillon China is moving rapidly from orbital data centre concepts to deployment, while Europe risks turning an early lead in orbital computing research into another…
The Chang'e-7 mission is part of a series of recent successes for China's space programme, such as the historic return of the Chang'e-6 probe in 2024, which brought back to Earth the first…
August 24, 2026
Rocket launches this week On Monday, Aug. 24, state-owned firm, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), is targeting 11:20 p.m. EDT for a Long March 6C launch from the Taiyuan…
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This week will see five orbital launches from China, the United States, and French Guiana.… The post Launch Preview: Falcon Heavy to launch Roman telescope, Falcon 9 to launch Starlink satellites…
DJI strapped its Osmo Action 6 to LandSpace's Zhuque-3 booster and published the full uncut ride, from ignition to a vertical landing in northwest China.
China's manned space agency said Sunday it is delaying a research moon mission that is part of Beijing's efforts to land a crew there by 2030, less than two weeks after a rare launch failure.
China postponed the launch of the Chang'e-7 mission, planned to explore the Moon's south pole, after weather conditions around the Satellite Launch Center…
The China Manned Space Agency has announced that the upcoming Chang'e-7 international lunar mission will no longer launch within its planned 2026 window after failing to meet the required launch…
Chinese private company Landspace has confirmed its goal is to refly this same first stage within six months, but the technical challenges to achieving this are enormous…
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August 23, 2026
The Chang'e-7 mission was scheduled for this Monday (24); its goal is to send a probe to the Moon's south pole in search of water. The post first appeared…
LandSpace achieved a major milestone for Chinese commercial rocketry this week when the first stage… The post LandSpace’s Zhuque-3 topples following milestone landing appeared first on…
China said on Sunday it was postponing its planned ambitious Chang'e-7 lunar mission, which was set to carry out explorations including searching for water ice on the moon.
"The Chang’e 7 mission does not meet the conditions for launch."
China has delayed its ambitious ice-hunting Chang'e 7 mission to the moon's south pole due to a brewing storm near the launch site. A new target date has not been announced.
The launch of China's Chang'e 7 lunar mission, planned no earlier than August 24 from the Wenchang Space Launch Site, has been postponed. According to information released on August 23 by the […]…
On 10 August, China suffered the rare failure of a Long March 7A rocket. It is a relatively new model, introduced in 2020. Its maiden flight did not conclude…
August 22, 2026
On August 21, 2026, Chinese state-owned satellite operator Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology (SSST), also operating as Shanghai Yuanxin Satellite Technology, closed a 7 billion yuan ($1.94…
And more: a Japanese mission to the moons of Mars, solar storms and the mystery of dark energy…
August 21, 2026
We've known for nearly two decades that some form of water exists on the moon. What we still don't know is exactly how much accessible water ice lies inside permanently shadowed craters, how deeply…
LandSpace successfully recovers the first stage of the Zhuque-3 after its second orbital launch…
August 20, 2026
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China's Chang'e 7 moon probe will launch this weekend on the most ambitious lunar mission in history
China aims to launch its Chang'e 7 moon mission on Aug. 24 to send a lander, a rover, a hopper and a wide range of science experiments to the lunar south pole.
SpaceX could face formidable new competition in the space launch market in the wake of China’s LandSpace successfully… The post LandSpace lands reusable Zhuque-3 rocket in first for private Chinese…
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