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China’s civil aviation industry posts robust growth in first 10 months

A Boeing 787 plane of China Southern Airlines lands at Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province, Oct. 27, 2018. China’s civil aviation industry is accelerating its advance into the digital era, with major players sending clear signals of new opportunities worldwide. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)  China’s civil aviation sector reported steady expansion …

US military’s X-37B space plane lands after 780-day secret in-orbit mission

File photo: VCG   The US Air Force’s mysterious X-37B space plane returned to Earth on Sunday after completing its fifth secret space mission that lasted more than two years. X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle successfully landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility at 3:51 a.m. US Eastern Time, wrapping up its on-orbit experiments …

China to launch Chang’e-5 lunar probe in 2020

Photo: IC  China plans to launch the Chang’e-5 probe in 2020 to bring moon samples back to Earth, according to Wu Weiren, chief designer of China’s lunar exploration program. The Long March-5 carrier rocket, China’s current largest launch vehicle, will be used to send the probe into space, Wu, also an academician of the Chinese …

China issues strict guidelines on genetic resource study

He Jiankui (right), an associate professor of the Southern University of Science and Technology’s biology department, conducts an experiment with his assistant. He claimed to have successfully made the world’s first genetically altered babies, generating ethical concerns and waves of criticism from around the world. Photo: VCG China on Monday released a management regulation on …