Tag:China

China caught a Long March 10B booster in a net at sea on July 10, 2026 — its first orbital booster recovery, and the world's first net capture of a rocket.

China's answer to Starlink: two vast LEO constellations, Guowang and Qianfan. Inside the deployment, the Long March launch bottleneck, and the orbital stakes.

A sourced, policy-level analysis of China's military space program: the PLA Aerospace Force, counterspace capabilities, BeiDou, ISR growth, and space norms.

From Project 921 and Yang Liwei's 2003 first flight to Tiangong crew rotations, the Mengzhou spacecraft and a 2030 Moon landing — the Shenzhou story.

China's Tianwen-2 reached the quasi-moon Kamoʻoalewa in June 2026 to grab an asteroid sample, return it to Earth by 2027, then chase a comet.

China's Tiangong station is now fully operational with a permanent crew. Here's a complete update on its modules, missions, research programs, and China's expanding space ambitions.

How NASA's Artemis Base Camp and China-Russia's ILRS plan to build permanent Moon bases: 3D-printed regolith habitats, Kilopower reactors, ISRU, and realistic timelines.

China's private space revolution: 30+ startups, $15B invested since 2015, LandSpace's Zhuque-2, Galactic Energy's Ceres-1, and the firms actually challenging SpaceX.

US Space Force, NRO, Space Development Agency, Starshield, and China's ASAT weapons. How orbit became the new high ground and which nations are arming for space warfare.

Every Moon soft-landing attempt from Luna 2 and Luna 9 to Chandrayaan-3, SLIM, Odysseus, Blue Ghost, and Chang'e 6 — the successes, the crashes, and the countries