China Space Station

NASA Simply Stopped Being a Priority

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 04.30.2012

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Howard Steven Friedman

Will we look back and ask ourselves whether the decision to abandon space was a wise decision? Or will historians look back and identify this decision as a textbook example of when America sacrificed long-term strategic goals for short-term interests.

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China Reveals Plans For Space Station Labs

AP | By LOUISE WATT | Posted 12.29.2011

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BEIJING -- China plans to launch space labs and manned ships and prepare to build space stations over the next five years, according to a plan release...

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China Makes Major Step Toward Space Station

AP | By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 11.18.2011

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BEIJING -- China's space program on Friday called the recovery of an unmanned spacecraft that docked twice with an orbiting module a major step toward...

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Is China Telling the Truth About Plans to Weaponize Outer Space?

Ipsita Shome | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: China Militray Space, China Space Program, Chinese Government Space, China Weaponization, China Weapons Space, China U.S. Weapons, China Space Progam, China Army, China Military Weapons, China Outer Space, China Military, China Space Station, China Weapons, World News
Ipsita Shome

China has aggressively accelerated the pace of its manned space program and is openly acknowledging that the new outpost will involve military space operations.

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China Launches Module For Space Station

AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 11.29.2011

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BEIJING — China launched an experimental module to lay the groundwork for a future space station on Thursday, underscoring its ambitions to beco...

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The Senate Launch System - Destiny, Decision, and Disaster

Rick Tumlinson | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Senate Launch System, Boeing, Space Shuttle, Sierra Nevada, Space Tourism, Mars, China Space Station, Nasa, Spacex, Space, Space Launch, Space Frontier, International Space Station, Soyuz, Moon, Astronauts, Asteroid, Politics News
Rick Tumlinson

Let's use the $38 billion Congress wants to flush down the toilet of history to save NASA by funding useful programs that will actually open the frontier and get the agency back to exploring almost right away.

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China's Space Program Aims High

AP | LOUISE WATT | Posted 09.10.2011

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BEIJING — This year, a rocket will carry a boxcar-sized module into orbit, the first building block for a Chinese space station. Around 2013, Ch...

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China Tests Space Station Module To Launch In 2011

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — China has finished the first module of a planned space station and is testing its electronics and other systems before launching it in...

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China Launches Chang'e II Lunar Probe

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — China launched an unmanned lunar probe on Friday, the latest milestone for an ambitious space program that aims to put a man on the mo...

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China Space Program Aims For Mothers As Astronauts

guardian.co.uk | Tania Branigan | Posted 05.25.2011

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They are, of course, in peak physical condition, with the flying skills required of any air force ace. But China's first female astronauts have faced ...

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Tiangong 1, First Module Of China Space Base, To Launch

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — China's space program will launch an unmanned experimental module next year, the first component of its permanent space station, state...

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