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A German radio enthusist find out that Chang'e-3 lander was observing the lunar eslipse. Unlike previous signals of an hour or so, this one lasted close to two hours. So the lunar-based astronomical telescope on the lander should have been used to make the observation. What the telescope looks like (via Weibo): Hope CNSA can recieve and publish those images early Previously datas from Chang‘e-3: https://moon.bao.ac.cn/ce5web/searchOrder-ce3.do?continueFlag=b08a4920d6538783c2ad0b2f1a4f5a42 When I looking for something about lunar eslipse, I found this one: CSS, ISS and moon 'surrounded' by cloud The two other news from CNSA is: Tianzhou-4 comfirmed take a CMG. As the heaviest single piece of cargo, it weighs 170kg. It should be the spare replacement part in case of possible failure of existing six CMGs mounted on the middle of the core module. And as one of the main sources of noise in the station at present, it has a speed of 7000 r/min. In addition to this, Tianzhou-4 also carries three experimental projects, all of which come from the call for experimental projects from society and universities. "Tianzhou-4 carried about 750 kilograms of replenishment propellant, which is about the same compared to when it was Tianzhou-3, but the total weight of the uplinked materials was about 6 tonnes, 300 kg more than Tianzhou-3, and the cargo transport capacity has been further improved." Bai Mingsheng, chief designer of the cargo spacecraft, said, "This time there are no more EVA suits with us, there are already three sets on board. Also compared to Tianzhou-3, cargo pickup on Tianzhou-4 will be more convenient. For example, Tianzhou-4 has added colour markings for cargo packs, and it will be more intuitive for astronauts to find their cargo. The cargo compartment and cover of the cargo compartment will have a more convenient Velcro connection in Tianzhou-4, which can be opened and closed at any time in orbit. In addition, researchers have also optimised the design of the cushioning foam in the cargo bag in smaller pieces to reduce the amount of space it takes up and make it easier to store. " Officially, there is no mention at this time of whether there are bags carrying cosmetics and sanitary products needed by women. So probably there will have no female astronaut in Shenzhou-14 crew. The another one is part of the CZ-5B rocket for the Wentian Module launch mission has been loaded on board the Yuan Wang 21. The rest of them are currently loading now on Yuan Wang 22. Yuan Wang 21 now is waiting 22 at the exit of the Tianjin port. It shouldn't take long, I reckon they'll set sail within the next couple of days. And take a week to arrive the Qinglan port.

“Sir I find something really fast and really hot on screen. And it’s just as big as baseball. Any thoughts?”

Also, they never appear at the same time So, Valentina Kerman= Wang Yaping Q.E.D. (definately nope)

In Earth calendar terms, it has been one year since the Zhurong rover landed on Mars. The rover now has accumulated nearly two kilometres. "Keep calm and carry on!"

14 years ago yesterday was the day of the massive Sichuan earthquake. And I suddenly remembered this one: 14 years ago, Wang Yaping was flying transport aircraft to disaster areas several times to transport relief supplies.

Saw a some kind joke from the Chinese forum memed from the previous Chinese Football team coach for a 'humiliating defeat' (China 1:5 Thailand in 2013): iSpace's humiliating defeat has become the biggest topic of discussion in the Chinese aerospace industry in the past two days, let's listen to the famous "King of Bless" Su Mojiu's comments on this, the always straightforward General Su bluntly said "iSpace is afraid to even shamless if it continues like this". -iSapce, how many, how many, how many rockets have been launched? Old wine in a new bottle! The Dongfeng launch site also have reason to say, "What rocket do I mainly launched? I mainly focus on the Shenjian and Long March series!What kind of rocket were you launch at my site? What level is iSpace right now? The only strength they have is a few of them are painting a pie to make some slides. Can they paint? They can't! They can't draw! They doesn't have the ability you know? If they keep go on, they'll have to failure the third mission. After failing the third and forth missions, the fifth and sixth will follow, and at this rate there will be no more rocket they can launch." - "On the other hand, iSpace is also considered the first team to prepare for China Space Super 2022" -Oh thank goodness! I already said that a company like them has not laid a good foundation, can they guarantee me that such a critical mission as the remote three remote six he can succeed hah? Be realistic, I advise them to understand their own technical level and the problems of their own rocket flight first! Why did you change with the first mission rocket after it was so good? Now you are failure three rounds in a row in Dongfeng launch site? Tell me how to explain it? Shamless, shamless at all! Hope Landspace's Zhuque rocket can successfully launch Good news: the CNSA's rocket transport ships Yuan Wang 21 and Yuan Wang 22 has arrived Tianjin Port. They will carry the CZ-5 rocket to Qinglan Port for launch the Wentian Module mission:

A new article from Mars: Zhurong reveals recent aqueous activities in Utopia Planitia, Mars "The morphology and spatial extent of platy and bright-toned rocks investigated by the Zhurong rover argue for in situ formation and degradation of these rocks in the Amazonian-aged geological unit in southern Utopia Planitia. These observations suggest that aqueous activities may have persisted much longer than previously thought. Periodical climate cycles on Mars driven by obliquity oscillations are expected to result in a latitude-dependent distribution of ground ice over geologic history" ... "The Zhurong landing site (and the northern lowlands) may contain a considerable amount of accessible water in the form of hydrated minerals and possibly ground ice for in situ resource utilization for future human Mars exploration."

The technology of the chip is already close to the physical limits of the technology currently available to mankind. So I think that if we take a technology like the chip process as the vertical axis, and the various related services and applications that follow from it as the horizontal axis, I think we should move in the direction of the horizontal axis in the near future. I think it will be in bioscience, environmental science, materials science, quantum computing and quantum communications

From 1949 onwards, the Soviet provided, taught and assisted with everything from rifles to missiles, from agricultural tractors to nuclear bomb technology in parallel: in Chinese, it was almost like 'teach everything as they can (倾囊相授)'. It was stop until July 1960, when Sino-Soviet relations broke down and the Soviet Union withdrew all its experts from China. Related cooperation did not continue until the normalisation of Sino-Soviet relations after 1989. "For a full year, from October 1996 to November 1997, we trained mainly two Chinese astronauts. In terms of training orientation, one was the captain of a manned spacecraft crew and the other was an engineer. from June 1998 to August 1998, we trained a team of Chinese astronaut medical experts who were trained in essentially all the programs at our centre. As far as I know, they were not only fully trained at our centre, but they also carried out the relevant experiments and preparations in China as well.", said by the Deputy Director, Gagarin Astronaut Training Centre, "The training that Chinese astronauts receive here is systematic and complex. First of all they learn Russian, which is the basis for their mastery of astronautical theory and for a series of specific professional training, and I would like to say that although the Chinese astronauts have only had one year of training at our centre, they have reached a high level of Russian, which provides them with excellent conditions for further mastery of other skills. As for astronautical theory and specific professional training, there are seven main components: firstly, training in the basic theory of spaceflight; secondly, training in medical and biological knowledge; thirdly, training in post-landing manoeuvres; fourthly, technical training; fifthly, flight training; sixthly, training in extravehicular activities; and seventhly, astronomical observations. According to the report provided by the Director of the Training Department of our Centre, Karkapolov, the total number of hours invested by the Chinese astronauts in just the second phase of their training from 15 March 1997 to 18 July 1997 amounted to more than 700 hours, and their overall score was 4+ to 5, which, I should say, is quite good, although, of course, the examinations given to them by our Training Centre were strict even severe." (original source) The Shenzhou project was been set up at 21th Sep. 1992. In case of that the code name was 'Project 921". So logically,the cooperation between China and Russia on the Shenzhou project not earlier than conclusion of the theoretical debate on "Space shuttle or Spaceship?" and "whether to use three modules or two modules or 'rigid passage solution'" in 1991. And not later than the training of Chinese astronauts in Russia in 1996. I was visit the military museum in Beijing and saw those exhibits really close. And more than that, on the the floor below them, an U-2 wreckage which put together by four, was surronded by exhibits of S-75, Chinese name HQ-2 (Red Flag, 红旗) hahaha

Agree but I considering my dad's hybrid car, in the UAV level I don't think it's need to hybrid in same one drone: you can provide a fossil fuel version and a batteries version. Because anything that go to sky all needs to consider the it's own weight. The answer they gave in same airshow was: use a bigger fixed wing UAV with stealth design, carrying the loitering munitions in the bomb bay: Somebody: nihao But actually I pretty like this ‘chaotic evil’ one:

That's one of the reasons why I hate current pandemic: many relevant and practical 'gadgets' were on display at the 2021 Zhuhai Airshow and will probably continue to be at future. But you know... If the batteries doesn't work so well, then don't use it For example: In addition to this, there is already a considerable market for large Chinese fixed wing drones in Middle Eastern countries. Some Middle Eastern customers have responded to the Chinese manufacturer to see if they could consider adding air combat capabilities to these UAVs.

Another angle of the last night launch. Which from the top of the launching tower: https://m.weibo.cn/1971177973/4767492717940107

Docked! Li Zhihui, deputy general director of the cargo spacecraft system of the CASC's Fifth Institude: In the future, our goal is to carry out rapid rendezvous and docking in two hours, which is 4.5 hours less than 6.5 hours, basically two hours and 15 minutes from the moment of launch to dock (Chinanews).

It has been successfully launched and has entered the fast intersection docking orbit to the Chinese space station. If no surprises, it will be docked around 9:30 (GMT+8) "A total of approximately 5.1 tonnes of cargo and 1 tonne of propellant was carried on this mission. The total weight of 175 of these packages amounted to 4.08 tonnes. More than 70% of this cargo was supplied to the astronaut and astronaut system. In addition 15 different environmental control and life support products were carried.", said by the CCTV's live. And tonight is the last night for CSS in two module shapes: it will always more than two after tonight (via: weibo)

Before Wang Yaping go to space station, she was promissed to her daughter "your mummy will pick the star from sky for you". And she kept her word: And I was read an some kind advertisement. This little star actually is the new souvenir made by CNSA called "Picking the Stars For You". What was her daughter looking at? Astronaut! A very good present for son or daughter or even to your lover have to say

Tianzhou-4 cargo ship will launch at 10th May, around 1:46-2:06 (UTC/GMT+8). Which means 6 hours to go The live link: https://live.bilibili.com/23118988 Looks like there's a lot of fog on site today

Is for the program named “Planetary Exploration of China (PEC, 中国行星探测工程)”. So yes, it is.

A team of botanists has recorded a Bhutanese pine up to 76.8 metres tall. It is currently the tallest known tree in mainland China, making it a veritable new "King of Trees".

Another one unlocked the achievement of "VTVL test" by the Deep Blue Aerospace: And we have the mission patch of the Tianzhou-4 mission: An article about the Tianwen-2's mesh antenna. Tianwen-2 is for the asteroid exploration missions. But yep, this one is purly Chinese. The circular flexible solar panels for Tianwen-2 currently being assembled "One third of the team are young people who have just joined the workforce two or three years ago, but after many major assignments, they have already taken up the mantle and are able to complete the process design and product assembly of many products", said by the news report.

If you search those people from Weifang, you can find out that those people can make everything to a kite and then let them fly. Sometime really can't understand how they made it even as a Chinese. As what Long Lehao sharing... well I have reservations about that. At least it's better to have news than no news at all. And with the arrival of winter in the northern hemisphere of Mars, the Zhurong mars rover will enter sleep mode to survive the harsh Martian winter climate. Currently, both rover and orbiter, which the Zhurong and Tianwen-1, have accumlated 940GB of raw science data.

*When I visit the Nature Natural History Museum in London and first time see the diamond, not in the level of 'jewelleries', but in the level of 'geological samples'* "Now I know why those dragons like something shiny"

First launch of May The number of Jilin-1 sensing satellites in orbit has increased to 54 and has the capacity to revisit any location on the globe 15 to 17 times a day. The mission patch for this mission:

Landspace has published several pictures about the Zhuque-2 rocket. "At January 2022, the rocket has completed the general inspection before leaving the factory and is ready to leave the factory."(via Weibo) And Wentian module has comfired will take a Ham payload for the folk amateur radio enthusiast.

Galactic Energy (星河动力) successfully finished them RCS engines ‘reliability growth test'. The CNSA's 8th research institute (Shanghai Institute of Aerospace Systems Engineering) has filed a new patent: A general configuration of a combined body recovery rocket based on a common core stage. An interview footage of the master of the Shenzhou spacecraft assembly team leader, you can see the difference in size between the new manned spacecraft and the Shenzhou: