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A view of the Tianzhou-7 cargo spacecraft from the Tianhe Central Module of the Tiangong Space Station. Credit: China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO).

The Chinese supply spacecraft Tianzhou-7 has arrived at the Chinese space station Tiangong

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A view of the Tianzhou-7 cargo spacecraft from the Tianhe Central Module of the Tiangong Space Station. Credit: China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO).
The Chinese space station Tiangong. The rockets that bring the components to it enter back into the atmosphere without control. Image: depositphotos.com

An uncontrolled Chinese launcher crashed in the Indian Ocean on Saturday

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The upper stage of the Long March 5 launcher that uploaded a module to the Chinese space station Tiangong about a week ago crashed. These launchers lack a control system for re-entry into the atmosphere
An artist's impression of what Triton, Neptune's largest moon, might look like from a great height above its surface. The distant Sun appears at the top left and Neptune's blue crescent at right of center. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada.

China's nuclear mission to Neptune-Rahab

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In addition to its intriguing internal structure (and strange phenomena like diamond rain!), scientists believe that Neptune played an important role in the formation of the solar system and that its composition includes large amounts of gas that was part of the prestellar nebula from which the solar system formed
Anti-satellite weapon. Illustration: shutterstock

The US will stop testing anti-satellite weapons and demand that this become an international norm; China: developing systems for towing satellites

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US Vice President Kamala Harris announced this in a review before the Space Guard; more than 1,600 pieces are floating in space since the Russian test about six months ago, over 2,400 pieces are still floating 15 years after the Chinese test; Russia is setting conditions indirectly related to the war in Ukraine
Chinese astronauts (from left) Tang Hongbo, Ni Haisheng and Liu Boming are the first crew of China's space station. Photo: Xinhua

The three Chinese astronauts on Shanghai 12 have arrived at the new space station

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China has successfully launched the Shenzhou 12 spacecraft carrying 3 astronauts to begin the installation of the Tiangong (Heavenly Palace) permanent space station. In the next two years, 11 launches are expected, four of the spacecraft will be manned
Visualization of the Chinese space station Tiangong 1. Photo: depositphotos.com

China may gain a monopoly on space stations

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Artist's illustration depicting the Tianwen-1 Mars rover. Figure: China National Space Agency

China's probe lands on Mars

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Tianwen-1 - Illustration illustrating the rover, lander and all-terrain vehicle of the first Chinese mission to Mars. Figure CNSA

The Chinese Tianwan-1 spacecraft has successfully entered orbit around Mars

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Tianwen-1 makes China the sixth country in history to reach Mars. The fifth country to do so is the United Arab Emirates whose spacecraft, Hope, entered orbit around the Red Planet yesterday
Chinese flag on the Martian soil. Illustration: shutterstock

How did Mars become the prize in the new space race and why is China winning?

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No one will doubt that China aims to win the new space race. Not only is it the only country to have landed on the moon in over 40 years, but it is also the first to make a soft landing on the far side of the moon, plant a flag on the lunar soil and even bring lunar soil samples to Earth. It is now also landing a robotic all-terrain vehicle on Mars
James Webb Space Telescope. Illustration: shutterstock

Six space missions to look forward to in 2021

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Space exploration achieved several milestones in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic, including commercial manned space flights and the return of asteroid samples to Earth. Fascinating tasks are expected in 2021, some of which mark breakthroughs
A panoramic image of the landing area of ​​the Chanaj-ah 5 spacecraft. Photo, Chinese Space Agency

The Chinese Chang'e 5 spacecraft has landed safely and is expected to take soil samples

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Diagram of the operation of the CHANGE-5 spacecraft planned to bring rock samples from the moon. Figure: Chinese Space Agency

China successfully launched the Chang'e-5 spacecraft that will bring samples from the moon for the first time in 44 years (Live)

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The launch of the Tianwen-1 spacecraft to Mars. Photo: Chinese Space Agency

China launched a spacecraft to Mars, including a vehicle for field research of the planet's surface

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A new Chinese manned spacecraft prototype will join the Shenzhou spacecraft. Photo: Chinese Academy of Space Sciences CAST.

China is planning a new manned spacecraft

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The Chinese spacecraft Hushing is expected to be launched to Mars in July 2020. Image: China Space Agency

Chinese spacecraft to Mars

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The Chinese space station Tiangong 2 is on its way to a controlled crash. Photo: Chinese Space Agency, from CGTV broadcasts

The Chinese Tiangong 2 space station has crashed into the Pacific Ocean

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ZHUAI, CHINA, November 6, 2018: Models of future Long March series launchers at the 12th China Aerospace Exhibition. Photo: Shutterstock.com

The Chinese will develop a powerful launcher: Long March 9. First launches in 2030

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The "sandwich" concept that NASA proposed for building an energy satellite. Photo: NASA

Interstellar electricity

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The landing area of ​​the Chinese Chang'e 4 spacecraft in the von Kerman crater on the far side of the moon, immediately after its landing on January 2, 2019. Photo: China National Space Administration.

The Chinese spacecraft Chang'e 4 made a soft landing on the far side of the moon.

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The CHANGE 4 spacecraft on the lunar surface. Figure: National Academy of Sciences of China

China has launched a spacecraft that will land and retrieve a rover on the far side of the moon

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The Chinese space station Tiangong-1 is about to crash on Earth and Australia is on the crash course. Image: Cindy Zhi/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

The Chinese space station Tiangong-1 is on its way to crash tonight

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China has released very few details about the space plane it is developing, not even a single simulation or diagram explaining its shape. The above illustration shows a simulation of the Rockwell X-30 space plane, which was canceled in 1993. Source: James Schultz, NASA.

China is developing a multipurpose space plane that will be launched for the first time in 2020

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The Long March 5 launcher takes off after the launch at the Wenchang Spaceport on Hainan Island in China, yesterday at 14:23 (Israel time). Source: Xinhua.

The launch of the Chinese Long March 5 missile failed

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The launch of the Shenzhou 11 spacecraft on October 17, 2016. Photo Xinhua/Li Gang

Shenzhou 11 is China's longest mission to date, a learning step on the way to a permanent presence in space

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Concept of spaceships for multiple use. Figure: Indian Space Research Organization ISRO

India will launch an experimental reusable launcher in June * China has also begun developing a similar device that will be launched in 2020

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