https://spacewatch.global/tag/cmsa/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 30 May 2023 06:00:33 +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/cmsa/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2023/05/china-launches-shenzhou-16-with-first-civilian-astronaut/ Tue, 30 May 2023 06:00:33 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=49115 China launched three astronauts to its Tiangong space station on Tuesday, putting a civilian into orbit for the first time as it pursues plans to send a crewed mission to the Moon by the end of the decade, according to Times of India. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/06/three-taikonauts-are-aboard-the-tiangong-space-station/ Tue, 07 Jun 2022 06:00:29 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=41366 Three Shenzhou-14 taikonauts, commander Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe are aboard the Chinese Tiangong Space Station preparing for their six-month stay in microgravity. The crew arrived at Tiangong's core module Tianhe, on Sunday morning. The taikonauts have been conducting inspections and setting up their living quarters ever since, said the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/02/spacewatchgl-column-dongfang-hour-china-aerospace-news-roundup-14-20-february-2022/ Mon, 21 Feb 2022 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=39388 As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and Orbital Gateway Consulting we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and texts. We are pleased to present “Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 14 – 20 February 2022. Welcome to another episode of the Dongfang Hour China Space Updates! I’m Jean Deville, joined as always by my co-host Blaine Curcio. ]]>