Space Exploration
This tag is useful to those who are looking for content that is related to Space Exploration. From manned spaceflight, missions to celestial bodies, planetary research, and the broader realm of exploring beyond Earth's boundaries.
China kicked off its Chang'e 6 lunar far-side sample return mission at 17:27 pm China Standard Time, or 09:27 am Universal Coordinated Time, from LC-101 at the Wenchang Space Launch Site, in the southern province of Hainan. This mission is part of the country's
May 3, 2024 7 mins
Chang'e (嫦娥) is a figure in Chinese mythology known as the goddess of the moon. A woman who stole immortality and fled to the moon, and when mankind touched down onto the lunar surface flight controller Ronald Evans told Michael Collins the story of Chang'e. Collins
May 2, 2024 10 mins
China has three major events happening in its space program at the of April and beginning of May. These three events are; the launch of Shenzhou-18 to the Tiangong Space Station, the return of the Shenzhou-17 crew to Earth, and the launch of the Chang'e 6 lunar far-side
Apr 19, 2024 3 mins
Both the United States of America and the People's Republic of China are planning to perform crewed missions to the Moon before the year 2030. The two countries have different ideas on how these missions should be performed in terms of launch plans and public-private partnerships. But how
Apr 17, 2024 22 mins
Learn about how radiation remains a critical component of how we address the future of spaceflight!
Apr 5, 2024 8 mins
Learn more about the amazing things going on China's Space Station!
Mar 29, 2024 5 mins
NASA is working towards a permanent presence on the moon as a jumping off point but What will farming look like on the moon?
Mar 28, 2024 5 mins
Learn more about Chinese space ambitions and their future goals for reusable spaceplanes!
Mar 27, 2024 5 mins
In the early hours of the 20th of March, a Long March 8 rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 2 at the Wenchang Space Launch Site. Onboard the rocket were three satellites bound for the Moon. The three satellites are Queqiao-2, Tiandu-1, and Tiandu-2. The Long March 8 launch vehicle
Mar 20, 2024 4 mins
Last week on the 22nd, the United States of America returned to the surface of the Moon for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972, which was fifty-two years ago. According to NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, the lander landed at 80.13 degrees South and 1.44
Feb 28, 2024 7 mins
Early on the 24th of February, the China Manned Space Engineering Office announced that it had selected the names for its two spacecraft that will be used for its crewed lunar exploration program. The applications had been open since August and ran until late 2023 with over two-thousand submissions received!
Feb 24, 2024 5 mins
After a delay on the 14th of February, a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 39A bound for the Moon, the first since Apollo 17! The Falcon 9 was carrying Intuitive Machine's Nova-C lander for the IM-1 mission. The launch took place at 06:05 am
Feb 15, 2024 9 mins
Recently the China National Space Administration announced that the Chang'e 6 lunar spacecraft had arrived at the Wenchang Space Launch Site on Wednesday, the 10th of January. Parts of the spacecraft arrived in two military aircraft at Haikou, the capital of the Hainan province, before being transported to
Jan 10, 2024 4 mins