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The ongoing effort to under Martian geology and the planet’s history continues. A recent paper from a scientific team in China looks at the data collected by Zhurong, a rover that has been in place on the Red Planet since 2021. While it didn’t find any evidence of water in the basin it was looking …
China’s National Space Administration (CNSA) has been hoping to reestablish communications with the Zhurong Mars rover, but so far, their efforts have been unsuccessful. Zhurong was put into hibernation over six months ago as it hunkered down in attempts to survive the Martian winter.
The first Webb images of Mars were just released by the ESA, revealing spectra from the planet’s atmosphere and what Mars looks like in infrared light
New research by an international team of scientists indicates that Mars may have had far more ancient lakes on its surface, which could have drastic implications for finding life.
China has expanded their research capabilities on the Tiangong 3 space station by adding a science module, named Wentian. The new laboratory launched from the Wenchang launch center on July 23 and the module docked to the space station on July 25. China’s Manned Space Agency (CMSA) says the astronauts on board will soon be …
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A team of Chinese scientists have proposed a mission that would explore Neptune and its largest moon Triton using a nuclear-powered spacecraft.
In a recent interview, an engineer associated with the Chinese space agency confirmed that China has established a Crewed Lunar Program.
China’s Tianwen-1 lander and Zhurong rover touched down on the Martian plain Utopia Planitia on May 14, 2021 after spending about three months orbiting the Red Planet. While the Chinese Space Agency has shared images of the rover and lander (including a cute family portrait taken by a wireless remote camera), NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter …
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Central planning is literately central to any communist country, though its history has mixed results. As part of that planning, bureaucrats in all parts of the government are occasionally tasked with coming up with goals and milestones for their specific part of the government. These usually take the form of a five or ten-year plan, …
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The United Arab Emirates Space Agency releases a unique comprehensive atlas of the Red Planet.