Daily Archives: Mar 18, 2026

Not every day does a spacecraft window crack, caused by a particle smaller than a millimeter, unleash a nationwide space rescue operation. But in late 2025, China's Shenzhou-20 mission faced just that: a shard of orbital debris, traveling at hypervelocity, compromised the viewport of the return capsule, which forced...

The Chinese plan to finish the preliminary model for the international lunar research station by the year 2035 is more than a milestone in their space policies. During the Deep Space Exploration Laboratory Symposium, Chen Jie, a representative from the Chinese Academy of Engineering, discussed the key for the...

A picture of the average Chinese factory floor might resemble a carefully ballet-lilyan performance where robotic arms turn, weld, and assemble with micrometer accuracy, and self-guiding vehicles move noiselessly through the aisles. This is not a research floor, but rather the status quo of the global leader in manufacturing,...