Chinese company to mine in space
NewsTechnology 21st Sep 2020 1
Sending robots to planets, moons and meteors to mine rare space resources will soon be more than the subject of science fiction movies. A Chinese startup, Origin Space, has announced plans to identify, extract and return off-earth resources. The privately-owned Beijing-based group, specialising in off-earth resources, is scheduled to... Read more
Red Dragon launches red planet mission
NewsTechnology 31st Jul 2020 1
China has successfully completed its first-ever interplanetary mission with the Tianwen-1 Mars mission launch. Propelled into orbit from Hainan Island at 12.40pm local time on 23 July, the Long-March 5 rocket used in the mission is one of the largest and most powerful of the Long March rockets built... Read more