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Ten candidate names for China's first moon rover after global poll
2013-10-27 11:36
Ten possible names for China's first moon rover, likely to be launched in December, have come out after a month-long online poll and debate of a jury board.
Lunar program named after moon goddess of myth
2013-11-26 10:39
According to legend, Chang'e and her valiant archer husband, Houyi, were given the elixir of life by the Queen Mother of the West.
Home of space dreams
2013-06-23 08:15
Shenzhou X manned spacecraft blasted off on June 12 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, which is also home to scientists, soldiers and their families.
Timeline of China's manned space program
2013-06-12 09:05
Timeline of China's manned space program
Shenzhou X astronaut Zhang Xiaoguang
2013-06-10 17:04
Astronaut Zhang Xiaoguang is a native of Jinzhou City of northeast China's Liaoning Province.
Profile: Chinese astronaut Nie Haisheng
2013-06-10 17:04
Chinese astronaut Nie Haisheng is of Han nationality and a member of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
Profile: Female astronaut Wang Yaping
2013-06-10 17:04
Female astronaut Wang Yaping is a native of Yantai City in east China's Shandong Province.
How astronauts live in space
2012-06-14 08:09
Shenzhou IX will orbit in space for more than 10 days, the longest manned flight ever by a Chinese spacecraft.
China to launch Shenzhou IX, Shenzhou X in 2012
2011-12-29 17:09
China will launch the Shenzhou IX and Shenzhou X spacecraft and achieve space rendezvous and docking missions with the orbiting Tiangong-1 vehicle in 2012.
March 25, 2002: Shenzhou-III is successively launched
2011-03-25 16:49
March 25, 2002: Shenzhou-III, a spacecraft developed by China, is successively launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
Shenzhou-VIII returns, bound for Beijing
2011-11-19 11:38
The re-entry capsule of Shenzhou-VIII spacecraft is loaded onto a train departing for Beijing from Huhhot, capital of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Nov 18, 2011.
Shenzhou VIII off to rendezvous in space
2011-11-01 08:04
BEIJING - If all went as planned, China's unmanned Shenzhou VIII spacecraft is now on its way to a rendezvous with the Tiangong-1 space module circling hundreds of kilometers above the Earth's surface.

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