China's Space Program News Thread

[by78]

Long March-4B launches Ziyuan III 03

One of the payloads aboard the rocket is the experimental 'Lobster Eye' X-ray space telescope for hunting dark matter. In many ways, it could prove far more significant than the Mars probe.

 

[visitant]

I really like the Wenchang launch site. Such beautiful sky & sea.

Platform on Hilton hotel is the best location watching lanch, great foreground, proper distance.

 

[Dante80]

I really like the Wenchang launch site. Such beautiful sky & sea.

It's the third most beautiful launch site in the world imo. I have been to several, and really hope to come to Wenchang too in the following years.

 

[Jono]

Platform on Hilton hotel is the best location watching lanch, great foreground, proper distance.
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thanks for the information.
I will book myself into the Hilton Hotel for the next big launch, after the COVID travel restriction has been lifted.

 

[by78]

Mars lander's heat shield.

 

[SciNews]

The Tianwen-1 Mars rover was tested at the China Academy of Space Technology in a simulated Martian landscape

 

[by78]

More high-resolution images from the Mars mission launch.

 

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Testing Mars rover prototypes on different terrains.