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  • China completes longest hot-fire engine test for Long March 5 core stage

    20:38 30 July 2012Launchers and Boosters Orbital missions

    The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC) has successfully test-fired the YF-100 liquid-fuel rocket engine for the nation's new heavy-lift...


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  • China completes longest hot-fire engine test for Long March 5 core stage

    20:38 30 July 2012

    The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC) has successfully test-fired the YF-100 liquid-fuel...


  • IN FOCUS: New players thrusting forward in space game

    12:00 12 June 2012

    From the International Space Station to orbital science and deep-space exploration, European, Russian and US space...


  • Manned Moon landings need big rockets - as China finds out

    07:00 05 April 2012

    While Russia's space agency Roscosmos deals with unrest over the leadership of General Vladimir Popovkin, a draft of...


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  • China completes longest hot-fire engine test for Long March 5 core stage

    News | 30 Jul 2012 20:38 | Zach Rosenberg

    The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC) has successfully test-fired the YF-100 liquid-fuel rocket engine for the nation's new heavy-lift...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/China-completes-longest-hot-fire-engine-test-for-Long-March-5-core-stage-374900/

  • IN FOCUS: New players thrusting forward in space game

    News | 12 Jun 2012 12:00 | Zach Rosenberg

    From the International Space Station to orbital science and deep-space exploration, European, Russian and US space programmes represent the bulk of regular launch and operations activity.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/IN-FOCUS-New-players-thrusting-forward-in-space-game-372424/

  • Manned Moon landings need big rockets - as China finds out

    News | 05 Apr 2012 07:00 | David Todd

    While Russia's space agency Roscosmos deals with unrest over the leadership of General Vladimir Popovkin, a draft of its national space plan showing its intention to send cosmonauts to the Moon by 2030 was leaked to Russian newspaper Kommersant.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Manned-Moon-landings-need-big-rockets-as-China-finds-out-370257/

  • China set to ramp up manned flights programme and space station ambitions

    News | 05 Mar 2012 16:00 | Dan Thisdell

    China's spaceflight ambitions look set to gain momentum this year with the launch this summer of the country's fourth manned flight, to test rendezvous and docking mission with the orbiting Tiangong-1 space lab module.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/China-set-to-ramp-up-manned-flights-programme-and-space-station-ambitions-368659/

  • PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: China starts manned Moon mission planning

    News | 15 Oct 2009 09:15 | Rob Coppinger

    Concept studies for a Chinese manned Moon mission are under way and a three-crew space station concept that would operate from 2020...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/PICTURE-EXCLUSIVE-China-starts-manned-Moon-mission-planning-333472/

  • VIDEO: China's new rocket to carry astronauts says Chinese spaceflight chief

    News | 01 Apr 2009 04:32 | Rob Coppinger

    China's new Long March 5 rocket could one day launch astronauts according to the country's manned space programme head...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/VIDEO-Chinas-new-rocket-to-carry-astronauts-says-Chinese-spaceflight-chief-324613/

    • Blogs about Long March 5

  • China starts work on third generation navigation system

    Blog | 25 Sep 2012 13:35 | Philip Hylands

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola//2012/09/china-starts-work-on-third-gen.html

  • ANALYSIS: Isle of Man rises to fourth favourite in manned race back to the moon (Updated)

    Blog | 22 Aug 2012 13:10 | David Todd

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola//2012/08/analysis-isle-of-man-rises-to.html

  • Space Insurers have successful run but fret about hacking, debris and policy attractiveness

    Blog | 12 Mar 2012 13:10 | David Todd

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola//2012/03/space-insurers-have-successful.html

  • Two steps forward, one step back for India and China

    Blog | 08 Mar 2010 14:52 | Rob Coppinger

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola//2010/03/two-steps-forward-one-step-bac.html

  • PICTURES: Tiangong model, cargo spacecraft, station in-orbit assembly

    Blog | 05 Nov 2009 15:58 | Rob Coppinger

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola//2009/11/pictures-tiangong-model-cargo.html

  • VIDEO: China's manned space programme chief talks to Flight

    Blog | 31 Mar 2009 23:45 | Rob Coppinger

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola//2009/04/head-of-chinas-manned-space-pr.html

  • Griffin's regrets and a prediction for China

    Blog | 16 Jan 2009 16:41 | Rob Coppinger

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola//2009/01/griffins-regrets.html

  • China's Shenzhou has 10-day on orbit capability

    Blog | 07 Jan 2009 12:32 | Rob Coppinger

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola//2009/01/chinas-shenzhou-9-slips-beyond.html

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