Tag: China
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Welcome to the new Martian citizen: Zhurong
It was the quieter Martian landing ever. From the US Pathfinder’s descent to the Martian surface that focused the world’s attention (and blew up…
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Keeping up with the Martians
February 2021 was all blast and hype about Mars, with three missions (!) successfully managing to reach the Red Planet and get to work.…
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A busy, busy February (Hint: look at the Red Planet)
The last two weeks have been quite busy for me at work –writing articles, recording science podcasts, preparing project proposals, you name it– and…
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2019 in space
2018 has been a record-shattering year -with more than 100 successful launches and mission achievements. What are we looking for in 2019? Another year…
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Sources for your space exploration research.
Since I’m now deep down in my (non fiction) book about space (I’m due to submit to the publisher in a couple of weeks,…
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New Moon(s) out there
If you missed this news, read it again: it’s not a scam and it’s impressive in its own right. We’re going to have another…
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Astronomical Clocks in Modern History
Let’s admit it: astronomical clocks are probably one of the most charming types of historical monument, and they’ve had their halcyon days during Modern…
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Are we ready for Tiangong-1?
In case you don’t know, we’re all getting ready for fall of a space lab on our heads, at some moments in the next…
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Jade Rabbit is there!
Jade Rabbit is there! And here we go…China made it, and Yutu (ie, its mythological Jade Rabbit) finally walks – well, sort of –…