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  2. Artificial structures visible from space - Wikipedia

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    The claim that the Great Wall of China is the only man-made object visible from the Moon or outer space has been debunked many times, but remains a common misconception in popular culture. [1] [2] [4] According to astronauts Eugene Cernan and Ed Lu, the Great Wall is visible from the lower part of low Earth orbit, but only under very favorable ...

  3. Chinese space program - Wikipedia

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    The space program of the People's Republic of China is about the activities in outer space conducted and directed by the People's Republic of China.The roots of the Chinese space program trace back to the 1950s, when, with the help of the newly allied Soviet Union, China began development of its first ballistic missile and rocket programs in response to the perceived American (and, later ...

  4. Great Wall of China - Wikipedia

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    In October 2003, Chinese astronaut Yang Liwei stated that he had not been able to see the Great Wall of China. In response, the European Space Agency (ESA) issued a press release reporting that from an orbit between 160 and 320 km (100 and 200 mi), the Great Wall is visible to the naked eye. [73] The image was actually a river in Beijing. [78]

  5. US, China in race to return humans back to the Moon - AOL

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    China has already launched several lunar landers and unveiled intentions of landing humans on the Moon by around 2030. The China National Space Administration (CNSA) is relatively tight-lipped ...

  6. China says foreign spies trying to steal space program secrets

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    By Farah Master. HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's state security ministry said foreign spy intelligence agencies have been trying to steal secrets from the country's space programme as the arms race ...

  7. China Manned Space Program - Wikipedia

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    The China Manned Space Program (CMS; Chinese: 中国载人航天工程; pinyin: Zhōngguó Zàirén Hángtiān Gōngchéng), also known as Project 921 (Chinese: 九二一工程; pinyin: Jiǔèryī Gōngchéng) is a space program developed by the People's Republic of China and run by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) under the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military ...

  8. China to double size of space station, touts alternative to ...

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    China plans to expand its space station to six modules from three in coming years, offering astronauts from other nations an alternative platform for near-Earth missions as the NASA-led ...

  9. Tiangong space station - Wikipedia

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    It is China's first long-term space station, part of the Tiangong program and the core of the "Third Step" of the China Manned Space Program; it has a pressurised volume of 340 m 3 (12,000 cu ft), slightly over one third the size of the International Space Station. The space station aims to provide opportunities for space-based experiments and ...