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Jan 11, 2024 · A new Chinese rocket just blasted its way into the record books. The Gravity-1 vehicle, built by Chinese company Orienspace, lifted off for the first time ever Thursday (Jan. 11). The squat, burly ...
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- Mike Wall
May 30, 2023 · Item 1 of 2 A Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-16 spacecraft and three astronauts, takes off from the launching area of Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center for a crewed mission to ...
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- Reuters
May 3, 2024 · The Chang’e 6 lifted off on time at 5:27 p.m. local time (5:27 a.m. ET) from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in China’s southern island province of Hainan. The launch of the lunar probe, which ...
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- Janis Mackey Frayer,Denise Chow
Nov 29, 2022 · The rocket launch was a split-screen event for China, the latest in a long series of technological achievements for the country, even as many of its citizens have been angrily lashing out in the ...
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- Keith Bradsher
Jul 31, 2022 · Chinese rocket debris has crashed to Earth over the Indian and Pacific oceans, US and Chinese officials say. China's space agency said most remains of the Long March 5 burnt in the atmosphere ...
Jul 30, 2022 · The core stage of a Chinese Long March 5B rocket is set to tumble uncontrollably back to Earth today in a reentry that China is tracking closely and has said poses little risk. The roughly 25-ton ...
Nov 4, 2022 · U.S. Space Command confirmed the uneventful reentry on Friday (Nov. 4). A 23-ton piece of space debris from China's launch of a Long March 5B rocket has fallen safely into the south-central ...