Pop sci write ups:
Shenzhou 18 brought back science experiments:
Lijian-1 launched:
LM-10A will launch in 2026:
Cosmoleap secured funding for their chopsticks:
CAS Space is looking for international partners:
China selected two teams for cargo spacecraft for station resupply:
This one has me excited: China plans a Venus atmospheric sample return!
Papers:
Moon:
Lunar Farside Samples Returned by Chang'E-6 Mission: Significance for Understanding the South Pole-Aitken Basin Stratigraphic History
Iron isotopes of Chang'e-5 soil and mineral components: Implications for post-eruption processes on lunar surface
Penetration based lunar regolith thermal conductivity inversion: Method and verification
Modeling the elastic–plastic contact forces and deformations of nonrotationally symmetric lunar dust particles
Tethers!
Dynamic simulation of cargo transport along cislunar suspension tether by single node coupling model
Analysis of fly-around mission with spinning tether system for space station observation
Orbital Mechanics (sorta):
The additionally charged forces in the Sun-Earth and Earth-Moon systems
Stable configuration design for libration point gravitational wave observatory
Other space tech dev:
High-fidelity landing modeling of small-body probes: Considering solar panel deformation and soil properties
Scheme design and assessment of hybrid pump feed system with energy management for throttleable liquid rocket engine
