Long March

By Robert Wall
Australian in-space inspection services firm HEO demonstrated its first rendezvous and proximity operations mission to capture images of another object in space.
Satellites

By Chen Chuanren
China’s previously undisclosed suborbital reusable space vehicle has been designated AT-1B, with CASC targeting commercial missions from around 2030.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
China suffered the loss of a Long March 7A rocket on launch in a rare setback for the country’s launch operations.
Operations & Safety

By Chen Chuanren
Reusable rocketry might soon extend beyond the U.S., as China and Japan each approach operational capability.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Tianzhou-10 docks with Tiangong hours after launch, delivering new technologies, life science experiments and supplies for future missions.
Space Exploration

By Chen Chuanren
The China Manned Space Agency said Feb. 11 it successfully conducted a launch-abort test of the Mengzhou crew capsule using the new Long March 10 rocket.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Two Chinese rockets—CASC's Long March 3B and private launch provider Galactic Energy's Ceres 2—failed in launch attempts on Jan. 17.
Operations & Safety

By Vivienne Machi
As Beijing races to match U.S. capabilities in orbit, the Pentagon warns of rising threats across all orbital layers.
Satellites

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
China has completed the first system-level test of the YF-100K engine for its new Long March-10 rocket, a key vehicle designed for future crewed lunar missions.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Maksim Pyadushkin
The lander, dubbed Lanyue, (“Embracing the Moon” in Chinese) performed powered descent, soft landing and ascent tests.
Space Exploration

By Chen Chuanren
China has delivered a new generation of extravehicular activity suits to its Tiangong space station, following launch and docking of the Tianzhou-9.
Operations & Safety

By Chen Chuanren
The China Manned Space Engineering Office has completed the first zero-altitude escape flight test of its next-generation Mengzhou crewed spacecraft.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
China has launched its Tianwen-2 probe on a more than two-year mission to rendezvous with an asteroid and return samples to Earth.
Space Exploration

By Chen Chuanren
China has sent three astronauts on the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft, blasting off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 5:17 pm Beijing time on April 24.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz, Vivienne Machi
New spins on NASA-developed heat shield technologies paved the way for an era of reusable space vehicles.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The Long March 8A rocket lifted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Wenchang, Hainan, on Feb. 11 at around 5:30 p.m. Beijing time.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
China has disclosed plans to ramp up the pace of Long March 6 flights in 2025 in conjunction with the rocket’s first launch this year.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
As of midday on Nov. 14, Rocket Lab shares were trading at $17.77.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
China has sent its Shenzhou-19 astronauts into space, with the Long March-2F Y19 carrier rocket lifting off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Oct. 30.
Operations & Safety

By Chen Chuanren
It was the spacecraft’s third successful mission, clocking a total of about 545 days.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
The rocket lifted off from China’s Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on Aug. 6 with 18 Qianfan “Thousand Sails” satellites.
Space

Leonard David
Chang’e 6 was by far the most complex mission in China’s lunar exploration program to date.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
China has completed the first launch of the Long March 6C rocket, a new variant of the Long March 6A rocket.
Space