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Mars probe readies for flight

Metro | Science
2009-5-29

CHINA plans to launch its first Mars probe in the second half of this year, with exploration of the red planet set for 2010, a senior official at the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology said yesterday. A...

City experts develop next generation of rockets

Metro | Science
2008-6-4

SHANGHAI is developing the country's next generation of rockets and satellites, researchers at the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology said yesterday. They made the comments at a ceremony to welcome the...

City experts play leading role in the first Chinese space walk

Metro | Politics
2008-1-26

CHINESE astronauts are to walk in space for the first time - with the help of local experts. About 30 space experts and engineers from Shanghai have joined the Shenzhou VII project, a senior local space official...

Aerospace Industrial Center Completes First Phase

District | Minhang
2007-12-29

Minhang District's new Aerospace Industrial Center, where 2,500 researchers and scientists of the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology headquarters and another eight aerospace research institutes are located,...

For China, it's next stop Mars

National
2007-12-4

CHINA'S first Mars probe is scheduled to be launched in October, 2009. The orbiter will blast off atop a Russian rocket, said Chen Changya, a researcher in charge of the project. The news comes just as the country...

Science receives super boost

Metro | Science
2004-11-18

THE new Dawning 4000A supercomputer will push the country's scientific development forward dramatically, including research on anti-cancer medicine to the planned lunar landing, scientists said yesterday.

New satellite

Metro | Science
2001-1-2

THE FY-2B satellite, designed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, yesterday replaced a Japanese satellite to provide meteorological maps to China Central TV Station.

Designing a 'smart bird'

Metro | Science
2000-9-18

IN the next few years China will launch a weather satellite armed with more advanced technology than today's American orbiters, one of the country's top scientists told Shanghai Daily.

Satellite systems are go

Metro | Science
2000-8-7

A METEOROLOGICAL satellite, designed and built by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, has functioned flawlessly in orbit for 15 months, a record for a domestic satellite.