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China to send a spacecraft out of the ecliptic to study the Sun’s poles
The field of view covers the west limb of the sun. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC HELSINKI — China plans to send a space observatory out of the plane of the ecliptic for a mission to study the ...
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China moves up Mars mission by two years
according to a 2022 speech by Tianwen-1 mission lead Sun Zezhou. Namrata Goswami, a space policy researcher in the US, said the change suggests that China’s confidence in its ability to develop ...
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China Focus: Chinese astronomer details dual targets of Tianwen-2 mission
BEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- China is set to launch the Tianwen-2 mission this year ... this 40-100 meter-wide asteroid orbits the Sun with parameters almost identical to Earth's, constantly ...
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Weather delays launch of NASA’s newest space telescope set to search for life’s key ingredients
NASA’s two-for-one launch of its newest space telescope, SPHEREx — designed to seek out the key ingredients for life in the Milky Way — alongside a sun-focused mission called PUNCH is facing ...
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China’s Tianwen-2 mission probe arrives at launch center, set for asteroid sample return mission in first half of year
China's Tianwen-2 mission probe arrived at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on February 20, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA). The mission will carry out several tasks ...