https://spacewatch.global/tag/change/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 31 May 2024 06:00:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/change/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2024/05/china-prepares-to-land-change-on-the-far-side-of-the-moon/ Fri, 31 May 2024 06:00:09 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55420 China is preparing to land its Chang'e vehicle on the dark side of the moon after it launched the vehicle from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center three weeks ago. According to the European Space Agency (ESA), the landing is now set for 00:00 UTC on the second of June. The spacecraft aims to collect about two kilograms of lunar samples from the unexplored lunar south pole, including lunar soil and rocks, which it will subsequently try to return to Earth. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/04/space-cafe-china-greater-bay-area-recap-a-quarterly-update-with-blaine-curcio/ Mon, 04 Apr 2022 07:00:03 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=40236 On the 31st of March Space Cafè GBA - China re-opened its doors, this time with a new format. Blaine Curcio, Senior Space Consultant and Space Tech expert from Euroconsult based in Hong Kong is back in the show, this time on the guest chair. During the 45 minutes live interview with co-hosts Torsten Kriening and Dr. Emma Gatti, ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/tianwen-chinas-mars-probe-may-answer-qu-yuans-questions-to-heaven/ Tue, 12 May 2020 05:00:19 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22433 China.org.cn released a news report about China's new planetary exploration mission on 9 May 2020, revealing "Tianwen" as the name of the mission:]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/spacewatch-gl-opinion-lunapolitics-or-lunapolitik-the-choice-is-ours/ Sun, 10 May 2020 09:00:52 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22321 More than fifty years after the first Apollo Moon landings, we are witnessing the rise of Lunapolitics, where the Moon’s topography - or ‘Lunography’ - from below its surface through to Cislunar space intersects with Earthly political and economic interests.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/05/espi-brief-28-china-is-one-step-closer-to-the-moon-and-europe/ Sat, 11 May 2019 08:10:21 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=14046