Astronauts return from Chinese station; China launches satellite
Late yesterday China’s Shenzhou descent capsule successfully brought home three astronauts from its Tiangong-3 space station after spending six months in space.return from Chinese station.
During their stay they completed two spacewalks and prepared the station for the arrival of two more large modules in the next six months.
China yesterday also used its Long March 4C rocket to launch a new radar satellite designed to observe the Earth’s atmosphere.
The leaders in the 2022 launch race:
13 SpaceX
11 China
5 Russia
2 ULA
2 Rocket Lab
The U.S. still leads China 20 to 11 in the national rankings. Note that at this moment the U.S. total is more than all other nations combined (19).
Late yesterday China’s Shenzhou descent capsule successfully brought home three astronauts from its Tiangong-3 space station after spending six months in space.return from Chinese station.
During their stay they completed two spacewalks and prepared the station for the arrival of two more large modules in the next six months.
China yesterday also used its Long March 4C rocket to launch a new radar satellite designed to observe the Earth’s atmosphere.
The leaders in the 2022 launch race:
13 SpaceX
11 China
5 Russia
2 ULA
2 Rocket Lab
The U.S. still leads China 20 to 11 in the national rankings. Note that at this moment the U.S. total is more than all other nations combined (19).