Russia's Soyuz spacecraft docks with space stationOctober 2nd, 2009 KOROLYOV - Russia's Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) Friday, a report said. The spacecraft lifted off on board a Soyuz-FG rocket Wednesday from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan.
Turk terrorists may hijack Chinese airplanes: Pak intelligenceOctober 1st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani intelligence authorities have warned that extremists may try to hijack Chinese airplanes and kidnap Chinese nationals working in the country. Intelligence agencies have issued notice to the Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA) asking them to strengthen security measures in and around Chinese establishments inside Pakistan.
China completes highest resolution 3D map of moonSeptember 28th, 2009 BEIJING - Chinese experts Monday announced that the country's space scientists have completed the world's highest-resolution three-dimensional map of the moon. The map, covering the whole surface of the moon, is based on image data obtained by a charge-coupled device (CCD) stereo camera carried by Chang'e-1, China's first lunar probe vehicle, launched Oct 2007.
India's moon mission lauded in Dhaka dailySeptember 26th, 2009 DHAKA - Applauding India's Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission and the discovery of water on the moon, a Dhaka daily has said the find has significantly widened the scope for space research. But The Daily Star newspaper, in an editorial Saturday, cautioned against rivalry among those engaged in research and exploration on the moon.
In a first, Chinese women enrol to become astronautsSeptember 17th, 2009 BEIJING - China has selected 30 men and 15 women candidates in the second round of its space-training programme, officials said Thursday. All 45 candidates are air force pilots.
China selects first female astronaut candidates for a shot at next spacewalkSeptember 16th, 2009 China picks first female astronaut candidatesBEIJING — China's military-backed space program has selected 45 astronaut candidates, including its first women hopefuls, for a training program less than a year after the country completed its first spacewalk. The 30 male and 15 female candidates are part of a program to pick five men and two women astronauts to participate in three more manned missions planned before 2012.
China begins to build space centreSeptember 13th, 2009 WENCHANG - China Monday began construction of its new space launch centre in Wenchang city, on the northeast coast of the tropical island province of Hainan. It is scheduled to be completed by 2013.
Russia to build new space centre in 2011September 7th, 2009 MOSCOW - The construction of a new space centre in Russia's Far East will start in 2011, a government official said Monday. Russia currently uses two launch sites for space carrier rockets and ballistic missiles tests: the Baikonur space centre in the Central Asian Republic of Kazakhstan, which it has leased since the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the Plesetsk space centre in northwest Russia.
Orbiting space junk passes International Space StationSeptember 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A large piece of space junk flew past the International Space Station (ISS) Friday without posing any threat, US space agency NASA said. A piece of a European Ariane-5 rocket passed within 1.3 km of the ISS, but not close enough to pose a risk to the station or its crew.
China denies any violation of Indian air spaceSeptember 1st, 2009 BEIJING - Chinese government on Tuesday said that there has been no violation of Indian air space and reports about such an occurrence by India media were baseless. "Chinese military never crossed into the air space of other countries and its border patrols are conducted strictly "in accordance with law", said Jiang Yu, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman, in reply to a question about Chinese helicopters violating Indian air space.
Space shuttle Endeavour prepares to head homeJuly 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The crew of the space shuttle Endeavour bid farewell to their colleagues on the International Space Station Tuesday and were preparing to head back to Earth. The Endeavour brought an external platform to the station that was installed on the Japanese Kibo laboratory during the first of the mission's five spacewalks.
Astronauts complete final spacewalkJuly 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Two astronauts have completed their fifth and final spacewalk installing two cameras on Japan's Kibo laboratory at the International Space Station (ISS), the US space agency NASA said. The spacewalk, conducted by Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn, lasted four hours and 54 minutes.
Endeavour launch postponed againJuly 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US space agency NASA has postponed the launch of its space shuttle Endeavour until Monday due to thunderstorms near the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. The launch was originally scheduled for Sunday.
China may put first woman in space by 2012July 9th, 2009 BEIJING - China's first astronaut, Yang Liwei, has revealed that Chinese women would soon be seen in space. During a web chat with the official Xinhua news agency, Liwei said: "The selection (of China's first woman astronaut) is underway I believe Chinese women will be seen in space in the near future."
Yang, now 44, made history when he voyaged beyond the planet's atmosphere for 21 hours aboard the Shenzhou V spaceship in 2003.
China to select taikonauts for space stationMarch 5th, 2009 BEIJING - China has started a new round of selection for taikonauts and five to seven of them will be part of the final list, said an official of the country's space programme Thursday. 'The new taikonauts will mainly take missions related to China's planned space station,' said Zhang Jianqi, deputy chief commander of the manned space project, on the sidelines of the annual session of China's parliament.
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