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Early Chinese rockets were used in warfare and celebrations. In fact, the origin of the rocket is shown simply in...
They sounded more like fireworks than rockets but the Chinese used rockets in battle.
At Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Veggie Project Manager Nicole Dufour instructs astronaut Peggy Whitson during...
One of the earliest recorded instances of the use of rockets was as military weapons against the Mongols by the...
This NAC image shows Qi Baishi and Hovnatanian, two craters that were newly named in November 2008. Qi Baishi is...
ISS010-E-14586 (23 January 2005) --- Chinese Launch Complex at Jiuquan is featured in this image photographed by an...
The Chinese Zhurong rover, named after the god of fire in Chinese mythology, landed in Utopia Planitia in May 2021....
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Several different types of 21-day-old plants grow in analog VEGGIE pillows include, from...
iss060e052554 (Sept. 2, 2019) --- The northeastern Chinese port city of Tianjin is pictured with the Sun's glint...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Chinese foreign nationals (center and right), who arrived unannounced on Kennedy Space...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Chinese foreign nationals (on right), who arrived unannounced on Kennedy Space Center...
iss053e180185 (Nov. 13, 2017) --- A portion of the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan and its snow-capped...
iss051e029147 (4/29/2017) --- Russian Cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin prepares to eat some of the Chinese cabbage that...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Chinese foreign nationals, who arrived unannounced on Kennedy Space Center grounds,...
iss070e096353 (Feb. 17, 2024) --- The night lights of Chinese villlages on Hangzhou Bay are pictured from the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- These Chinese foreign nationals, part of a larger group who arrived unannounced on...
iss051e038158 (5/8/2017) --- Chinese cabbage is grown in the Veggie facility on the International Space Station. The...
iss070e091722 (Feb. 10, 2024) --- Lakes Mansarovar (top) and Rakshastal, on the Chinese side of the Himalayan border...
iss073e0510447 (Aug. 19, 2025) --- Agricultural activities in the diverse landscape of Kazakhstan's Jetisu region,...
iss070e097638 (Feb. 11, 2024) --- The Himalayas, separating the Indian subcontinent from China, home to the South...
iss069e027389 (July 2, 2023) --- The southeast Chinese port city of Xiamen, on the coast of the South China Sea with...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- This group of Chinese foreign nationals (foreground) are part of a larger group who...
Charles Spern, project manager on the Engineering Services Contract, communicates instructions for the Veggie system...
iss071e439833 (Aug. 8, 2024) --- Xiang River runs through the city of Changsha (center) in China's province of...