by Teuvo Tuomi | Aug 9, 2024 | China, News, Space, Technology
China has launched 18 communications satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province. According to the plan, 648 satellites will be deployed by the end of next year. Developed by SpaceSail, the Qianfan network will provide high-speed, secure and...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jul 31, 2024 | News, China, Research, Space, Technology, Thailand, Visions
A rare opportunity to see soil from sample from China’s Chang’e-5 mission to the moon has excited crowds in Bangkok. The 75-milligram sample named “The Moon Shines Bright On Me” invited visitors on a journey to the moon’s surface....
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jun 27, 2024 | Asia, China, Innovation, News, Space, Technology
China’s Chang’e 6 robotic mission has returned scientifically precious samples from the moon’s far side to Earth for the first time. The Chang’e 6 mission, representing the world’s first attempt at bringing back samples from the moon’s far side to Earth, was...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jun 2, 2024 | Asia, China, Research, Space, Technology
China’s Chang’e 6 has landed successfully on the moon’s far side. With the assistance of the Queqiao 2 relay satellite, the Chang’e 6 landing craft softly settled on the lunar surface in a designated site inside the South Pole-Aitken Basin. The...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jun 1, 2024 | Korea, Investment, News, Space, Technology, Visions
South Korea will send the first lunar rover by 2032 and plant the first Korean flag on Mars by 2045, according to President Yoon Suk Yeol. Yoon says these goals would be part of the so-called “Space Gwanggaeto Project,” named after King Gwanggaeto the Great who ruled...
