This photo shows the Star Dance Studio in Monterey Park, California, on Jan 23, 2023. (FREDERIC J. BROWN / AFP) LOS ANGELES – The Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles confirmed Monday that at least one Chinese citizen died in the mass shooting Saturday night in the city of Monterey Park, 16 km east of […]
In this file photo dated Feb 16, 2018, people perform lion dance to welcome the Chinese Lunar New Year in Kolkata, India. (PHOTO / XINHUA) NEW DELHI — Chinese community here and other enthusiasts have celebrated the Chinese Spring Festival in India. Major celebrations were held in Kolkata, the capital city of the eastern Indian […]
A panoramic picture of the wheel track left by Yutu 2 when it traveled to the LE05103 point on moon surface on Jan 18, 2023. (PHOTO / CNSA) BEIJING – The China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Saturday released a group of new photos from the country's lunar rover Yutu-2, together with its good wishes […]
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen delivers a speech during the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting-Plus in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Nov 23, 2022. (HENG SINITH / AP) PHNOM PENH – Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen has extended best wishes for the Chinese Lunar New Year, saying that the peoples of Cambodia and China have always […]
A graphic simulation shows the orbiter and returner combination of China's Chang'e 5 probe after its separation from the ascender. (Photo / China National Space Administration / Handout via Xinhua) China has made an ambitious road map for its future lunar exploration programs, including an international scientific outpost, according to the programs' chief planner. Wu […]
An illustration shows the orbital transfer injection by Chang'e 5's orbiter-reentry capsule combination. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) BEIJING – China will carry out more deep space exploration missions in the next 10 to 15 years, said Wu Weiren, chief designer of China's lunar exploration program and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, in […]
File photo: Photo provided by the China National Space Administration shows Chang'e-5 probe gathering samples on the moon on Dec 2, 2020. (PHOTO / XINHUA) China will possibly complete the establishment of a lunar research outpost based on two robotic exploration missions by 2028 and send Chinese astronauts to the moon around 2030, according to […]
A lunar soil sample encased in a crystal container is on display at an exhibition on China's space achievements, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, June 26, 2021. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY) BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) – A Chinese group analyzed lunar samples returned by China's Chang'e-5 mission and proposed a new mechanism for […]
This file photo provided by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) shows Chang'e 5 probe gathering samples on the moon on Dec 2, 2020. (PHOTO / XINHUA) At least since the first manned missions to the moon in the 1960s and early 1970s, the general belief was that Earth's orbiting partner was bone dry. Then, […]
Scientific researchers transfer the container loaded with moon samples retrieved by the Chang'e-5 probe in Beijing, capital of China, Dec 17, 2020. (JIN LIWANG / XINHUA) BEIJING – Chinese scientists have discovered a new lunar mineral through research on the samples retrieved from the Moon by China's Chang'e-5 mission, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) […]
This image released by China National Space Administration on Dec 4, 2020 shows China's national flag unfurled from the Chang'e-5 probe on the moon. The image was taken by a panoramic camera installed on the lander-ascender combination of the probe, before the ascender blasted off from the moon with lunar samples. (CNSA/HANDOUT VIA XINHUA) BEIJING […]
Photo taken by the rover Yutu 2 (Jade Rabbit-2) on Jan 11, 2019 shows the lander of the Chang'e 4 probe. (PHOTO / XINHUA / CHINA NATIONAL SPACE ADMINISTRATION) BEIJING – China will carry on its moon research in the future with Chang'e-6, Chang'e-7 and Chang'e-8 missions by 2030, chief designer of the country's lunar […]
New finding expected to further study of moon, planets of the solar system Family Photo of the Solar System won Wang Zhipu the title of "Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2021" in the Royal Observatory Greenwich's annual astrophotography contest. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) Chinese scientists have made an important new finding that is […]
This screenshot taken at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Nov 7, 2021 shows Chinese taikonaut Zhai Zhigang conducting extravehicular activities (EVAs) out of the space station core module Tianhe. (GUO ZHONGZHENG / XINHUA) BEIJING – China will explore the moon's polar regions and is mulling over a manned lunar landing in the coming five years, […]
Panoramic color pictures from Yutu 2 show object is a rabbit-shaped rock Yutu 2, the lander and rover of the Chang'e 4 probe, captured an obscure but intriguing image about 80 meters from its location during the mission's 36th lunar day, according to Our Space, a Chinese science channel that published the machine's latest diary […]
An illustration in the paper shows the lunar lander's sampling site and the samples it takes. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – Chinese scientists published results of in-situ detection of water signals on the moon by the Chang'e-5 lunar lander, lending new evidence to the dryness of the satellite. The study published on Saturday in the […]
This image released by China National Space Administration on Dec 4, 2020 shows China's national flag unfurled from the Chang'e-5 probe on the moon. The image was taken by a panoramic camera installed on the lander-ascender combination of the probe, before the ascender blasted off from the moon with lunar samples. (CNSA / HANDOUT VIA […]
This image shows a cube-shaped object, referred to as "mystery house", on the far side of the moon. (CNSA/OUR SPACE) BEIJING – The cube-like object spotted recently by China's lunar rover on the far side of the moon aroused wild curiosity in cyberspace worldwide this week. Yutu-2, the lander and rover of the Chang'e-4 probe, […]
This image released by China National Space Administration on Dec 4, 2020 shows China's national flag unfurled from the Chang'e-5 probe on the moon. The image was taken by a panoramic camera installed on the lander-ascender combination of the probe, before the ascender blasted off from the moon with lunar samples. (CNSA/HANDOUT VIA XINHUA) BEIJING […]
This photo taken at Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing on Dec 3, 2020 shows an image of the ascender of Chang'e 5 spacecraft flying above the lunar surface. (JIN LIWANG / XINHUA) BEIJING – China has released the information of the third batch of lunar samples brought back by the country's Chang'e-5 mission. Public […]
