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 Space exploration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It was formed October 1, 2003, by the merger of NASDA, the National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan and the Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science.
National Space Society - non-profit organization that promotes a spacefaring civilization
Space exploration is the physical exploration of outer-Earth objects and generally anything that involves the technologies, science, and politics regarding space endeavors.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Space_exploration   (1400 words)

  
 China National Space Administration
China is drafting a space development strategy and plans oriented to the 21st century according to the actual demands and long-term target of national development to spur the growth of the space industry.
China's space industry was developed on the basis of weak infrastructure industries and a relatively backward scientific and technological level, under special national and historical conditions.
China persistently supports activities involving the peaceful use of outer space, and maintains that international space cooperation shall be promoted and strengthened on the basis of equality and mutual benefit, mutual complementarity and common development.
www.cnsa.gov.cn /english/spacye_policy/more.asp?id=7   (4319 words)

  
 China National Space Administration (CNSA)
After China separated its military and civil space programs in 1998 as part of a ministerial reform, the China National Space Administration is responsible for planning and development of space activities.
With decision of the Chinese government to shift to a more market-oriented economy, the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) and the China Aerospace Corporation (CASC) were estblished in June 1993 to promote space activity that would be profit based, and independent of government funding.
The principal role of CNSA is to serve as PRC's interface with other national space agencies, while CASC exerts primary control over the national space program.
www.globalsecurity.org /space/world/china/cnsa.htm   (436 words)

  
 First Chinese manned space flight within three months: official
One official at the forum said that China's first-ever astronaut had still not been selected, statements which appear to back up speculation that a decision on who would become the first Chinese national in space would only come on the day of the launch.
Meanwhile, space officials said China hoped to launch a space probe capable of orbiting the moon by 2005 or 2006, which would be the nation's first lunar mission and would eventually lead to an eventual landing on the moon by an unmanned Chinese lunar space craft.
China is making final preparations for its first manned space flight and the launch of the Shenzou V craft could come anytime in the next three months, a senior space official said Tuesday.
www.spacedaily.com /2003/030916112710.3lssg42r.html   (619 words)

  
 Space program of China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The agency responsible for the launches is the China National Space Administration, an agency within the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense.
The space program of the People's Republic of China began in 1968 and was an outgrowth of China's attempt to develop an indigenous nuclear deterrent and delivery system after the Sino-Soviet split in 1960.
China's first satellite, Dong Fang Hong I (The East Is Red I), was launched in 1970.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Space_program_of_China   (821 words)

  
 NASA - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which was established in 1958, is the agency responsible for the public space program of the United States of America.
Work began on Space Station Freedom as a focus for the manned space programme but within NASA there was argument that these projects came at the expense of more inspiring unmanned missions such as the Voyager probes.
The space shuttle will be retired in 2010 and the Crew Exploration Vehicle will replace it by 2014, capable of both docking with the ISS and leaving the Earth's orbit.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/NASA   (2289 words)

  
 New Scientist Breaking News - China plans three-phase Moon exploration
Furthermore, Luan Enjie, director of China National Space Administration, hinted that China would be interesting in exploiting rare resources found on the Moon's surface.
However, James Oberg, a space analyst and veteran of the US space program, believes the projects are more about national pride than scientific or industrial exploration.
Such an achievement would make China only the third nation in the world, after the US and Russia, to place humans in space.
www.newscientist.com /article.ns?id=dn3452   (423 words)

  
 New Scientist Breaking News - China confirms space station plan
Following recovery of the capsule, a senior official with the China National Space Administration told the state-run news agency Xinhua that a space laboratory and permanent space station would be developed after the first crewed Shenzhou flight.
China hopes to become only the third country to put a human in space, after Russia and the United States.
The space official said the latest test flight had confirmed that Shenzhou is "technically suitable for astronauts".
www.newscientist.com /article.ns?id=dn2114   (377 words)

  
 CNN.com - Orbit first step on China's way to moon - Dec. 22, 2003
From their approach China's space scientists seem confident of their technological ability to catch up with, match, and, in some cases, jump ahead of the more established space powers -- namely Russia, the United States and, to a lesser degree, the European Space Agency.
Already China is reported to have purchased a space docking system from Russia under a secret agreement on space cooperation signed between the two countries in 1996.
China's much anticipated first manned space flight is just the initial step in an ambitious program of space exploration.
www.cnn.com /2003/TECH/space/10/09/china.space.plans   (663 words)

  
 Liu.doc
China National Space Administration, being the administrative organ for space industry, presently chooses the establishment of departmental regulations as a priority to regulate space activities.
China National Space Administration pays great attention to the research of space legislation by organizing a research group consisting of space law experts, main officers from relevant administrative organs, persons from space industry and other entities related to space activities.
4 Establishment and management of the National Registration Booklet The National Registration Booklet will be stored and managed by China National Space Administration.
www.oosa.unvienna.org /SAP/act2002/spacelaw/presentations/Liu.doc   (1015 words)

  
 Chinese Defence Today :: Chinese Space Agencies
The SSTC is in charge of China's National Hi-tech Development Programme -- Project 863, which includes many spaceflight research and development projects.
China Satellite Launch and Tracking Control General (CLTC) is an organisation under the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence (COSTIND) and PLA General Armament Department (GAD).
The principal role of CNSA is to serve as a government agency which inherits the government roles and responsibilities previously held by the Ministry of Aerospace, while the CASC is developing towards a commercial aerospace manufacturer and services provider corporation.
www.sinodefence.com /space/facility/spaceagency.asp   (939 words)

  
 SPACE.com -- Space Cooperation: The China Factor
China's space plans reportedly list the lobbing of a laboratory into orbit to be housed by crews, even sojourning outward to the Moon.
First of all, a judgment by NASA to work with China is beyond the agency's pay grade, said John Logsdon, Director of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. "Whether to cooperate in space with China is not NASA's decision to make," he said.
By showcasing and flexing its technological muscle in space, China may be able to call its own shots, be it scientific, commercial, as well as military.
www.space.com /news/china_cooperation_030121.html   (1752 words)

  
 Duet Chinese to orbit Earth this autumn
Co-operation with the US The Chinese space agency chief said he looks forward to meeting his US counterpart this year when the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) administrator is set to make a trip to China.
There are broad space for China and the US to collaborate, like on the space technology application and space science areas, including exploration of outer space, Sun said.
China's first astronaut Yang Liwei looks out of the Shenzhou V spaceship after his capsule landed on a grassland of northern China's Inner Mongolia, Oct.16, 2003.
www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2005-01/20/content_410879.htm   (623 words)

  
 China surpasses Japan in the space race - PRAVDA.Ru
Sun Laiyan, Administrator of China National Space Administration (CNSA), said Shenzhou 6 manned spacecraft is to be launched in 2005.
China's space agency has been cooperating with the European Space Agency for several years working on the Double Star space probe project.
China surpasses Japan in the space race - PRAVDA.Ru pravda.ru sites...
english.pravda.ru /science/19/94/379/13758_china.html   (674 words)

  
 New Scientist Breaking News - China nears first human space flight
China has so far launched four uncrewed Shenzhou spacecraft in preparation for its first crewed mission.
The first taikonaut in space will become a national hero.
If successful, the mission would make China only the third nation to launch humans into space, after Russia and the United States.
www.newscientist.com /article.ns?id=dn4169   (351 words)

  
 China Launches Lunar Probe Project
Sun Laiyan, deputy director of the administration, said the satellite would obtain three-dimensional images of the lunar surface, analyze the content of useful elements and materials, and prove the depth of the lunar soil and the space environment between the earth and the moon.
Unnamed experts were quoted by the newspaper as saying this was a further test for the life safeguard system of China's manned spacecraft.
A group of space officials and leading scientists in charge of the project gathered earlier this week for the first meeting on the project.
www.spacedaily.com /news/china-04d.html   (569 words)

  
 Sino-European JV in Space Goes Online
Escobet said that he was certain cooperation between China and Europe in space ventures would expand in the future.
Luan revealed that China and Europe will soon sign a significant new agreement to expand cooperation in space.
The TC-1, a Chinese satellite carrying eight special instruments from the European Space Agency (ESA), was put into operation Monday, slightly more than three months after it was launched into orbit atop a Chinese Long March rocket.
china.org.cn /english/2004/Apr/92832.htm   (449 words)

  
 China in Space
China became the third nation to launch men into space on 15 October 2003.
Details of the Chinese space program may be sketchy as the program is run by the military and is closely held.
The Chinese space program is ambitious and includes a space station, space shuttle, and lunar exploration by 2010.
www.worldspaceflight.com /china   (211 words)

  
 National Aeronautics and Space Administration --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Radar images from a National Aeronautics and Space Administration space shuttle yielded evidence of the track of the Silk Road from northwestern China to the Middle East and settlement remains along the route.
A year later the United States Congress passed the National Aeronautics and Space Act to promote and coordinate an effective United States space program.
Administration in the field of education requires a wide range of capabilities to suit the wide range of tasks.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9276034   (959 words)

  
 China
CNSA was sanctioned in August 1993 by the United States for its involvement as a subsidiary of the Ministry of Aerospace Industry (now CASC) in missile-related sales to Pakistan.
This material is produced independently for NTI by the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of and has not been independently verified by NTI or its directors, officers, employees, agents.
CNSA's responsibilities include signing inter-governmental agreements related to space activities and conducting scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation.
www.nti.org /db/china/cnsa.htm   (127 words)

  
 China 2001
China National Space Administration will organize an exhibition on the space technology and applications in Beijing during September 18-21, more than 70 companies and space institutes for China, France, Germany, UK, Ukraine, USA, Italy, Russia participated.
The China Organizing Committee will hold the Celebration Ceremony for the 2001 WSW and the space knowledge contest in Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics on Oct.10,2001, with the high rank governmental officials and more than 3,000 university students attendance.
China Organizing Committee for the World Space Week shall actively support the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs and its initiatives, with its commitment to cooperation.
www.spaceweek.org /china_2001.html   (399 words)

  
 Chinese Space Agencies
The majority of China’s civil and military space programmes are directed by the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry but policy formation and day-to-day management are the responsibility of the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
CNSA and the more commercially oriented China Aerospace Corporation were created from the Ministry of Aerospace Industry before its dissolution in 1993.
In 2000 the China Aerospace Corporation was itself re-structured into two main groupings; China Aerospace Machinery and Electronics Corporation (CAMEC) and China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) and these are now the key players in China’s space programme.
www.globalsecurity.org /space/world/china/agency.htm   (124 words)

  
 BBC NEWS Science/Nature China's vision for new space age
This space station was under construction for many years and there were some historical problems.
We think space exploration is a joint venture for the human race.
We're willing to communicate and engage with Nasa (the US space agency), but our principle is we should be equal and benefit together.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/science/nature/3876373.stm   (546 words)

  
 [FPSPACE] NASA Eyes China as New Space Partner
China Wants U.S.-made Satellites -- According to Aviation Week, the new = U.S.-PRC space cooperation could also play into the possible loosening = of U.S. aerospace export restrictions that have prevented the commercial = Chinese launch of U.S.-built communications satellites and European = satellites containing U.S. parts.
During the Clinton=20 administration, Chinese Army General Ding Henggao and PLA

General Shen Roujun were able to purchase U.S.-made satellites and = launch=20 vehicle technology from Loral, Hughes and Motorola.

Several U.S. space industry sources noted that = the export=20 restrictions have hurt both Chinese and American communications = satellite=20 sales.

However, the Chinese army has a long history of espionage operations = inside=20 the U.S. seeking missile and satellite technology.

www.friends-partners.org /pipermail/fpspace/2002-April/004419.html   (1749 words)

  
 china_programme_2004.doc
CISL is an institute subordinated to the China National Space Administration.
Peter Jankowitsch, Former Chairman of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Head of the Austrian Space Agency 10.00 - 10.30 Refreshments 10.30 - 13.00 SESSION 1 — Panel on National Space Programmes, and Policies and Legislation in Asia Chairmen: Prof.
The purposes and objectives of the Institute include the cooperation with appropriate international organizations and national institutions in the field of space law, the holding of meetings, colloquia and competitions on juridical and social science aspects of space activities, the preparation or commissioning of studies and reports and the publication of books and proceedings.
www.iafastro-iisl.com /downloads/china_programme_2004.doc   (2412 words)

  
 Stefan Landsberger's Chinese Propaganda Poster Pages--Chinese Space Program
In this patriotic discourse, space activities demonstrate that China has shaken off the humiliation it has suffered in the past at the hands of the Western imperialist powers and is becoming a nation once more to be reckoned with.
With this result, China has joined the club of space-travelling nations that previously had been limited to the United States and the Soviet Union/Russian Federation.
Space also appealed to the popular imagination, as can be seen from the relatively abundant use of space-related imagery in posters published in the 1980s and 1990s.
www.iisg.nl /~landsberger/csp.html   (762 words)

  
 GIS News: The UN Office with China National Space Administration (CNSA), to Exhibit on "China's Space Activities”
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, in cooperation with the China National Space Administration (CNSA), has announced an Exhibition on "China's Space Activities”.
Zhang Yan, Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations and International Organizations in Vienna, Mr.LuoGe, Director-General, Department of Foreign Affairs, China National Space Administration, and Mr.
This Workshop is China's contribution for 2003 to the UN Programme on Space Applications.
gisdevelopment.net /news/viewn.asp?id=GIS:N_fhlkzvta&...   (375 words)

  
 eoPortal directory: Shenzhou
Since 1999, four unmanned spacecraft SZ-1 (Shenzhou means "legend ship, or magic vessel" in Chinese) to SZ-4 have been launched successfully by CNSA (China National Space Agency).
Major contractors in the Shenzhou program were CASC (China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation), the Chinese Research Institute of Space Technology, and the Shanghai Research Institute of Astronautical Technology.
The research areas included space life science, space material, Earth observation, earth environment and space environment monitoring.
directory.eoportal.org /info_Shenzhou.html   (89 words)

  
 Ukraine Now
China National Space Administration representatives have arrived in Ukraine and will stay until Aug. 27.
The National Space Agency of Ukraine scheduled regular meetings of a Ukraine-China subcommittee on cooperation in research and usage of space for peaceful purposes.
They also plan to sign a schedule of cooperation in space for 2005 and discuss the preparation of a prospective cooperation program for 2005-2010.
www.ukrnow.com /content/view/498/2   (338 words)

  
 The NSDL Scout Report for Mathematics, Engineering, & Technology -- Volume 1, Number 17
The China National Space Administration Web site (1) has a detailed description of the country's space policy.
The history of China's space program is recounted by the online Encyclopedia Astronautica (2).
The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (3) sent the first Chinese satellite into space.
scout.wisc.edu /Reports/NSDL/MET/2002/met-020927-topicindepth.html   (308 words)

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