China will launch an experimental spacecraft between Friday and Sunday to test a key technology designed to help a future lunar probe return to Earth with soil samples. The unnamed spacecraft is due to reach a location near the moon before returning to Earth, said a spokesman for the China National Space Administration, which announced the launch on Wednesday.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), one of the country's top think tanks, plans to turn itself into a world-class institute in scientific research in about 15 years, according to a Tuesday CAS statement. The CAS will restructure itself to focus on research concerning the strategic demands of the nation and stand at the forefront of global technology.
China successfully launched its most advanced earth observation satellite, the Gaofen-2, on Tuesday. The Gaofen-2, the country's second high-definition satellite in orbit, was launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province at 11:15 a.m. Beijing Time.
The assembly of China's next mega metropolis may leave architects and civil engineers feeling left out. Developers with China's Tianhe-1A, one of the world's fastest supercomputers, are tapping into the binary brain's higher functions, moving it beyond animation and Internet financing to help in the construction of new "smart cities", said a researcher on Monday.
China is preparing for the launch of an experimental recoverable moon orbiter, said the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence on Sunday. The orbiter arrived in Xichang via air in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Sunday and then transported to the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, according to a statement from the administration.
China has begun expanding the world's deepest underground lab in southwest China's Sichuan Province, where scientists have been conducting experiments on mysterious "dark matter". The second-phase construction of the Jinping Underground Laboratory, located at 2,400 meters under the surface of Jinping Hydropower Station, was launched on Friday...
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