China. The roots of the Chinese space program trace back to the 1950s, when, with the help of the newly allied Soviet Union, China began development of its...

The China Manned Space Program (CMS; Chinese: 中国载人航天工程; pinyin: Zhōngguó Zàirén Hángtiān Gōngchéng), also known as Project 921 (Chinese: 九二一工程; pinyin:...

after the Chinese Moon goddess Chang'e, is an ongoing series of robotic Moon missions by the China National Space Administration (CNSA). The program encompasses...

Tiangong (Chinese: 天宫; pinyin: Tiāngōng; lit. 'Heavenly Palace'), officially the Tiangong space station (Chinese: 天宫空间站; pinyin: Tiāngōng kōngjiānzhàn)...

China National Space Administration, many women also hold leadership positions in the Chinese space program, and actively contribute to the Chinese space...

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habitation facilities. The purpose of maintaining a space station varies depending on the program. Most often space stations have been research stations, but they...

The Tiangong program (Chinese: 天宫空间站工程; pinyin: Tiāngōng kōngjiānzhàn gōngchéng) is China's space program to create a modular space station, comparable...

The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is a main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has subsidiaries...

website of China Manned Space Program. China Manned Space Agency represents the Chinese government to take management responsibilities for the China Manned...

like the Chinese space program. SpaceX, NASA, and the United States Armed Forces work closely together by means of governmental contracts. SpaceX was founded...

recent years, space food has been used by various nations engaging in space programs as a way to share and show off their cultural identity and facilitate...

European Space Agency programmes and missions Japanese space program British space programme – Official efforts to develop space capabilities Chinese space program –...

On 15 October 2003, the first Chinese taikonaut, Yang Liwei, went to space as part of Shenzhou 5, the first Chinese human spaceflight. As of March 2025...

English is simply astronauts (Chinese: 航天员 hángtiānyuán). The list includes individuals trained by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) to command...

first astronaut into space. The Chinese had successfully launched a satellite in the 1970s. There was a pause in the Chinese program for a couple decades...

and Space Administration (NASA /ˈnæsə/) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the United States's civil space program, aeronautics...

Aerospace City, it is the main training and research center for the Chinese space program's astronauts. Astronaut Corps (中国人民解放军航天员大队): headquartered at Beijing...

in the rocket development program launched by the Ministry of Defence of Pakistan. The agency leads the National Space Program (NSP) and maintains the orbital...

non-human primates flew in the space program; none flew more than once. Numerous backup primates also went through the programs but never flew. Monkeys and...

in mainland China via Hong Kong. Upon his return, he helped lead development of the Dongfeng ballistic missile and the Chinese space program. He also played...

like the Chinese space program. SpaceX, NASA, and the United States Armed Forces work closely together by means of governmental contracts. SpaceX was founded...

sent into space by the Chinese space program. This mission, Shenzhou 5, made China the third country to independently send humans into space. He is currently...

center. In order to support the Chinese Project 714 crewed space program in the 1960s, the construction of a new space center at Xichang in the Sichuan...

Tiangong-1 (Chinese: 天宫一号; pinyin: Tiāngōng yīhào; lit. 'Heavenly Palace 1" or "Celestial Palace 1') was China's first prototype space station. It orbited...

civilian and military space programs through regulatory agencies. The early history of U.S. space policy is linked to the U.S.–Soviet Space Race of the 1960s...

and Rosemary Coogan. China has sent three women to space. In 2012, the Chinese space program sent their first woman Liu Yang to space aboard Shenzhou 9 to...

China's anti-satellite (ASAT) program has been under development since 1964. The ASAT program has since been moved from Program 640 to Program 863, the...

Shenzhou 5 (Chinese: 神舟五号; pinyin: Shénzhōu Wǔ Hào, see § Etymology) was the first human spaceflight mission of the Chinese space program, launched on...

As of 2021, all Chinese crewed space flights, meaning all flights in the Shenzhou program including crewed flights to the Tiangong space station, have launched...