China successfully launches 1st cargo freighter to its space station
On May 29th China successfully launched the first Tianzhou cargo freighter to bring cargo the now-orbiting first module, Tianhe, of its under construction space station, docking there one day later.
They plan to launch the first crew of three to the station in June.
The leaders in the 2021 launch race:
16 SpaceX
14 China
8 Russia
2 Rocket Lab
2 ULA
The U.S still leads China 22 to 14 in the national rankings.
Sorry for the late posting, but I have been off on a cave expedition in a very remote area in Nevada. Needed a break from the news and work. Presently on the long drive home. Posting will resume at full speed later tonight.
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On May 29th China successfully launched the first Tianzhou cargo freighter to bring cargo the now-orbiting first module, Tianhe, of its under construction space station, docking there one day later.
They plan to launch the first crew of three to the station in June.
The leaders in the 2021 launch race:
16 SpaceX
14 China
8 Russia
2 Rocket Lab
2 ULA
The U.S still leads China 22 to 14 in the national rankings.
Sorry for the late posting, but I have been off on a cave expedition in a very remote area in Nevada. Needed a break from the news and work. Presently on the long drive home. Posting will resume at full speed later tonight.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Who did they drop the first stage on?
Willam–
Good stuff.
U2
“Seconds”
https://youtu.be/XSl0W-NsL98
3:10
They launched this one from Wenchang on Hainan Island, not Xichang where the boosters fall on the villagers.
Looking at the Tianzhou, it is just a cargo version of the Tiangong 1 and 2 stations.
I have no confirmations yet that Hunter Biden will be one of the three crew to launch in June.