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| China has made key technological progress in developing Long March-5 large-thrust carrier rocket and it is hopeful that the new generation rocket will make its maiden flight in 2014, a rocket scientist said Saturday. Engineers and scientists have succeeded in developing the first hydrogen box that will be used to store fuel for the rocket. |
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| Researchers from China's 28th scientific expedition to Antarctica began a survey of Antarctic seas at Prydz Bay on Tuesday. The first stage of the survey would involve 12 sites on the edge of the Amery Ice Shelf, the world's longest and most intact ice core. The current survey of the fracture of the Amery Ice Shelf was aimed at proving the existence of Antarctic bottom water (AABW) in this area... |
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| China successfully launched a satellite into space at 12:12 a.m. Beijing Time Saturday, the 11th one of its indigenous global navigation and positioning network known as Beidou, or Compass system, the launch center said. The satellite was boosted by a Long March-3C carrier rocket into a geosynchronous orbit.
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| Many agricultural experts believe modernized farming, which relies heavily on chemicals and large-scale mechanization, is the only way to feed the growing population. Traditional agriculture researcher Min Qingwen from Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research believes every age-old farming convention has value. |
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| China International Nuclear Fusion Energy Program Execution Center (ITER China) on Monday gained the ISO 9001 certification, the internationally recognized standard for quality management, at an accreditation ceremony held in Beijing. ITER China is the China-based execution body of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor. |
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| China will launch the manned Shenzhou-9 spacecraft between June and August this year and achieve space rendezvous and docking mission with the orbiting Tiangong-1 space lab module, a spokesman for China's manned space program said Friday. The new space docking mission will be realized by astronauts' manual operation, another chance for China to test its docking technology, the spokesman said. |
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