CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -China is only the third country in history to have put both astronauts into space and to build a space station, after the Soviet Union (now Russia) and the US. China hopes Tiangong will replace the International Space Station (ISS), which is due to be decommissioned in 2031.

Detailed explanation-2: -On 16 November 2022, Artemis 1 saw the debut flight of NASA’s Space Launch System, which is designed to return humans to the Moon in the Artemis program.

Detailed explanation-3: -The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), which produced both the rocket and satellites, announced (opens in new tab) the successful launch of the Yaogan 37 and Shiyan 22A and 22B satellites within an hour of liftoff.

Detailed explanation-4: -’Sky Palace’), officially the Tiangong space station (Chinese: ; pinyin: Tiāngōng kōngjiānzhàn), is a permanently crewed space station constructed by China and operated by China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) in low Earth orbit between 340 and 450 km (210 and 280 mi) above the surface.

Detailed explanation-5: -Chang’e 4 (/tʃɑːŋˈə/; Chinese: ; pinyin: Cháng’é Sìhào; lit. ‘Chang’e No. 4’) is a robotic spacecraft mission, part of the second phase of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program. China achieved humanity’s first soft landing on the far side of the Moon, on 3 January 2019.