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fromFuturism
3 weeks ago
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China Says Mystery Object Appears to Have Struck Ship That Its Space Station Astronauts Were Supposed to Return Home In

fromFuturism
3 weeks ago
Science

China Says Mystery Object Appears to Have Struck Ship That Its Space Station Astronauts Were Supposed to Return Home In

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fromTheregister
2 weeks ago

Shenzhou-20 crew rides Shenzhou-21 home after debris strike

Debris cracked Shenzhou-20's viewport, rendering it unsafe and prompting the Shenzhou-21 crew's return and likely an uncrewed Shenzhou-22 launch.
fromTheregister
2 weeks ago

SpaceX and Musk called on to rescue China's Shenzhou-20 crew

SpaceX and Elon Musk are once again being called on to rescue spacefarers - this time, the Chinese crew of Shenzhou-20, delayed on China's Tiangong space station after suspected space debris damage. The three-person crew including Chen Dong, Chen Zhongui, and Wang Jie, arrived in April and were supposed to return in November after a handover with the Shenzhou-21 crew. That return has been postponed while engineers assess potential damage from what reports describe as "a tiny piece of space debris."
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fromFuturism
3 weeks ago

China Installs Oven in Space Station, Astronauts Use It to Enjoy Succulent Barbecue Feast

The footage shows astronauts aboard the Tiangong space station - the PRC's low earth orbit research platform, first launched in 2021 - roasting half a dozen wings in a small oven onboard the craft. Both drums and flats are loaded onto a tray, which locks the floating bits of meat up in a cage-like apparatus so they don't drift off.
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fromTheregister
6 months ago

China finds a previously unknown microbe in space

Chinese scientists discovered a new microbe on Tiangong space station, with potential applications for space missions and various industries.
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