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The full album mix of Steo Le Panda's "Ma Chine Qui Rêve" EP series. Featuring additional 4 exclusive tracks.

1）Electrocute 电可爱

2）Neo-Shanghai 新上海

3）Hexagram Divination 易经

4）Atmosphere 空气

5）La Pluie sur la mer 海上下雨

6) Petit Dragon 小龙

7) Cybopera 电子淮剧

8) More Cowbell 牛逼

9) Shanghai Underground 上海地下

10) Fantasia 人工智能

11) Moto Moto 魔头摩托

12) Spring Dreams 春梦

13) Aurora 震旦

14) The Mansion 嚎宅

15) Bliss 极楽

16) Alone In Tianzhou 天州

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Videos: Space habitat reports – Jan.29.2024

Here is this week's selection of videos and news items about space habitats, living in space, and space settlement. Starts with NASA's latest Space to Ground report for the International Space Station: https://youtu.be/Na5UYXNsTOY ** Expedition 70 Astronaut Loral O’Hara Answers Boston Student Questions - Jan. 23, 2024 - NASA Video Aboard the International Space Station, NASA Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara discussed living and working in space during an in-flight event Jan. 23 with students attending Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Charlestown, Massachusetts. O’Hara is in the midst of a science mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies. Such research benefits people on Earth and lays the groundwork for future human exploration through the agency’s Artemis missions, which will send astronauts to the Moon to prepare for future expeditions to Mars. https://youtu.be/ztpYBr-T8Vk **Earth views from Cupola by Marcus Wandt - European Space Agency, ESA Join ESA project astronaut Marcus Wandt inside the seven-windowed cupola, the International Space Station's "window to the world". The ESA - European Space Agency-built Cupola is the favourite place of many astronauts on the International Space Station. It serves not only as a unique photo spot, but also for observing robotic activities of the Canadian Space Agency's robotic arm Canadarm2, arriving spacecraft and spacewalks. Marcus was launched to the International Space Station on the Dragon spacecraft as part of Axiom Mission 3 on 18 January 2024. His two-week mission on board is known as Muninn. Credits: ESA–M. Wandt https://youtube.com/shorts/-XEy2D6AE1Q ** Ax-3 Mission Update #1 - Axiom Space Join us for a #Ax3 mission update. Hear from Alper Gezeravcı and Michael López-Alegría as they talk about settling on the International Space Station and what they brought with them from home on their mission. https://youtu.be/zJlmrWDkVBs ** Ax-3 Mission Update #2 - Axiom Space Hear from Michael López-Alegría and Walter Villadei as they discuss how they prepare meals in zero gravity. https://youtu.be/EIdjBnX0vec - Axiom Space news: - Boryung Corporation, Axiom Space Announce Joint Venture to Revolutionize Space Industry in Korea | Axiom Space - Jan.12.2024 - Axiom Space and Boryung Corporation Announce Joint Venture | SpaceWatch.Global - Jan.26.2024 - Testing of Next-Gen Spacesuit Underway | Axiom Space - Jan.9.2024 ** Gravitics demonstrates the large scale of the StarMax habitat module: Building Bigger: 54 Humans in One 8-meter Gravitics Module | Gravitics - Jan.25.2024 Gravitics, Inc., an aerospace manufacturing company, demonstrated that it can fit 54 people, with room to spare, inside its 8-meter “StarMax” module mockup. The exhibit, a 1:1 scale space station module cutaway, is a tangible example of Gravitics’ vision for large and efficient space environments. The 8-meter mockup enables engineers, businesses, and researchers to plan for and visualize new opportunities for valuable activity in space. A single Gravitics 8-meter module provides roughly half of the entire usable volume of the International Space Station (ISS). The ISS spans 109-meters and is currently operating with 16 pressurized modules that can support a crew of up to 7 astronauts for long-duration missions. The Gravitics 8-meter module illustrates why it will become a key building block for the next generation of space stations, holding 54 people within its hull only using “ground floor” volume. Largest interior volume in a standalone spacecraft, ever. Human shown for scale, plus 53 more pic.twitter.com/f9GXjkqZwN — Gravitics (@GraviticsInc) January 25, 2024 ** Tiangong space station crew moves cargo from newly arrived Tianzhou-7 spacecraft - VideoFromSpace The Shenzhou-17 astronauts crew aboard the Tiangong space station moved cargo out of the Tianzhou-7 spacecraft after it arrived. https://youtu.be/uZPybyTUJ2I ** Other news and articles: - Mission Teams Target Tuesday for Launch of Cygnus Cargo Mission| Space Station/NASA - Jan.29.2024 - Economic benefits from space mining | Space Settlement Progress - Jan.28.2024 - China Readies Next Space Station Crews | Leonard David - Jan.25.2024 - Overview for NASA’s Northrop Grumman 20th Commercial Resupply Mission | NASA - Jan.25.2024 - 40 Years Ago: President Reagan Directs NASA to Build a Space Station | NASA - Jan.25.2024 - Sierra Space is blowing up stuff to prove inflatable habitats are safe | Ars Technica - Jan.23.24 - UAE starts historic Lunar Gateway project | SatellitePro ME - Jan.22.2024 * Interview with Dr. Peter Hague | The Space Show - Jan.28.2024 Peter was back with us to discuss several of his Substack blog posts, especially the one that focused on the business case for civilization and large projects such as space settlement. Peter also talked about his petition to the UK government for Starship to launch from the UK plus other topics. Read the full summary of the program at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Sunday, January 28, 2024. https://thespaceshow.com/sites/default/files/shows/4154-BWB-2024-01-28.mp3 ** Highlight: Egypt - Farming - Jan 27, 2024 - 10:38 UTC - ISS Above NASA EHDC6 Live views of the Earth from the International Space Station https://youtu.be/go_vRGZP43s ** Highlight: Baton Rouge LA - MS - Birmingham AL - Jan 29, 2024 - 12:23 CST - ISS Above https://youtu.be/nlujtnANAgs ** Live Video from the International Space Station (Official NASA Stream) - NASA Watch live video from the International Space Station, including inside views when the crew aboard the space station is on duty. Views of Earth are also streamed from an external camera located outside of the space station. During periods of signal loss due to handover between communications satellites, a blue screen is displayed. The space station orbits Earth about 250 miles (425 kilometers) above the surface. An international partnership of five space agencies from 15 countries operates the station, and it has been continuously occupied since November 2000. It's a microgravity laboratory where science, research, and human innovation make way for new technologies and research breakthroughs not possible on Earth. More: https://go.nasa.gov/3CkVtC8 Did you know you can spot the station without a telescope? It looks like a fast-moving star, but you have to know when to look up. Sign up for text messages or email alerts to let you know when (and where) to spot the station and wave to the crew: https://spotthestation.nasa.gov https://www.youtube.com/live/xAieE-QtOeM?feature=share ====

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[mrm101]

On cue the crew of Shenzhou 17 was announced today (25 Oct), a day before launch. The Commander will be Senior Colonel Tang Hongbo of the PLAAF, aged 48. He was selected in 2010 (China Group-2) and previously flew onboard Shenzhou 12. That was the first mission to Tiangong which then only consisted of the Tianhe core module. This raises the possibility he will oversee the arrival of the second core module, Tianhe-2 (presumably), however an official said today they would first launch the Xuntian crew tended free flying space telescope before the 'extended module'. Tang Hongbo will be the first Chinese astronaut to visit Tiangong for a second time.

The other two crew are launching on their first mission and little information has been released about them. Operator Tang Shengie (no relation to Hongbo I presume), aged 34, is also a pilot in the PLAAF but was selected in 2020 (China Group-3) the third crew member is Jiang Xinlin, possibly a research engineer or payload specialist because he is said to be a 'professional tank driver and pilot with 1,000 hours of flight time'... that's a lot of flight hours for a tank driver. So maybe he is an army test pilot (does not say what kind of aircraft), they did not say he is in the PLAAF or any military service. He was also selected in 2020 (Group-3).

Other snippets of information from the press briefing... Shenzhou 16 will undock and land on 31 October, but before it departs the crew will photograph the assembled Chinese Space Station in HD, presumably from the orbital module of Shenzhou 16.

The new crew, during what will be CSS Expedition 6, will conduct an EVA and perform 'experimental maintenance' on the station for the first time (as opposed to outfitting and equipment testing), they suggested this may be associated with the solar arrays. I wonder if they are planning to move the original wing like arrays of Tianhe 1, now somewhat obscured by the two science modules, to the ends of the large arrays on the ends of the two science modules, as depicted earlier in some illustrations of the completed station. Presumably they would have to retract at least two of the big arrays to do that, it would be a major task.

In future only one Tianzhou supply ship will visit the station per year instead of two, because from Toanzhou 6 onwards the craft have a bigger payload capacity, in both terms of mass and volume, and also they have improved their inventory management systems.

The selection of Chinese astronaut Group-4 is expected to be completed by the end of 2023 when a further 12 to 14 astronauts will be selected from the current group of finalist which include candidates from Hong Kong and Macau.

In a parallel of NASA's commercial resupply program the CMS (China Manned Spaceflight) program have invited Chinese commercial companies to submit proposals for commercial supply ships for the station using Chinese commercial launchers, four proposals have been selected for further detailed design studies. In addition Universities and car companies have been invited to design lunar rover vehicle, currently 11 industry teams have submitted proposals.

Launch of Shenzhou 17 is scheduled for early Thursday morning our time at 04:14BST, docking will be six hours 30 minutes later, at around 10:45BST at the front axial port of the Tianhe core module.

[ctznsnews]

China's groundbreaking space mission of 2023 showcases its prowess in space exploration and infrastructure. The successful docking and resupply operations of the Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft with the Chinese Space Station highlight China's commitment to long-duration crewed missions. The mission's scientific experiments and technological demonstrations provide valuable insights into space medicine and material sciences. With ambitions for lunar missions and a lunar base, China's achievements position it as a key player in the global space race. #ChinaSpaceMission #SpaceExploration #ChineseSpaceStation #ScienceInSpace #FutureOfSpace #SpaceInfrastructure #CrewedMissions #InternationalCollaboration #MoonMissions #SpacePioneers Read more at: https://ctznsnews.blogspot.com/2023/05/pushing-boundaries-of-exploration.html #capitanstudios #zinkmagmore #peterrounaldgomes

[spaceflight-insider]

China launches Tianzhou-2 cargo craft to new space station

The #Tianhou2 cargo spacecraft was sent to #China's #Tianhe space station module in advance of next month's crewed #Shenhou12 mission.

Tianzhou-2 launches into space atop a Long March 7 rocket. Credit: CASC Just a month after launching the first part of its multi-module Tiangong space station, China has sent a cargo spacecraft, Tianzhou-2, to the fledgling outpost. (more…)

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#China National Space Administration #Lead Stories #Long March 7 #Shenzhou 12 #Tiangong #Tianhe #Tianzhou-2

[newsupdated]

China launches cargo rocket with supplies for its new space station

China launches cargo rocket with supplies for its new space station

By Staff The Associated Press Posted May 29, 2021 1:54 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ A rocket carrying supplies for China’s new space station blasted off Saturday from an island in the South China Sea. A Long March 7 rocket carrying the automated Tianzhou-2 spacecraft took off at 8:55 p.m. (1255 GMT) from the Wenchang launch centre…

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#China #China cargo rocket #China cargo ship rocket #China launches rocket to space station #China Space Station #Heavenly Harmony #South China Sea #South China Sea rocket launch #Tianzhou-2 #World

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China launches new Tianzhou-2 cargo ship to Tianhe space station module via /r/space https://ift.tt/3hXdjku

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[city-of-ladies]

Lady Washi - Ferocious warrior and administrator

Lady Washi (1498-1557) was a woman of Zhuang ethnicity. Her father was the sub-prefectoral magistrate of Guishun, present-day Jingxi, Guangxi province, China. She was taught military strategy and martial arts during her childhood.

Lady Washi was married to Chen Meng, the local leader of Tianzhou (present-day Tianyang). In 1523, Chen Meng ignored his wife’s advice and rebelled against the imperial Ming government. He was ultimately killed by Lady Washi’s father. One of Chen Meng’s sons, Chen Bangxiang, took his father’s place, but Lady Washi killed him after he raided her lands. 

She then petitioned the court, asking for Chen Meng’s grandson, Chen Zhi, to be allowed to inherit the position and be placed under her care. Her request was granted. Lady Washi thus became regent as Chen Zhi was too young to rule. He died in 1553 and Lady Washi then served as a regent for his son. 

She was a talented administrator who had her people’s trust. Lady Washi also proved instrumental in fighting the Japanese pirates who made incursions on the entire eastern seaboard. In 1555, the emperor named her female assistant regional commander. At that time aged of 57, Lady Washi led 5,000 soldiers in battle, killing many pirates, and acquired a reputation as an accomplished warrior. 

She thus helped the imperial troops to secure their first victory in this long campaign and her exploits were celebrated by the local people. The emperor awarded her with silver coins.

For another woman who fought against the Japanese pirates, see Lady Qi.

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Bibliography:

“Lady Washi”, in: Lee Lily Xiao Hong, Wiles Sue (dir.), Biographical dictionary of Chinese women: Tang through Ming (618-1644)

Mou Sherry J., “Wa”, in: Higham Robin, Pennington Reina (ed.), Amazons to fighter pilots, biographical dictionary of military women, vol.2

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Videos: “Space to Ground” & other space habitat reports – May.15.2023

Here is the latest episode in NASA's Space to Ground weekly report on activities related to the International Space Station: https://youtu.be/TnkzAx-efu4 ** Russian Spacewalk 58 Animation - May 23, 2023 - NASA Johnson Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin conducted a spacewalk outside the International Space Station May 12 to assist in the deployment and activation of a radiator on the Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module that was installed in April. It was the 263rd spacewalk in support of space station assembly, maintenance and upgrades, the 6th for Prokopyev and the 4th for Petelin. Join NASA as we go forward to the Moon and on to Mars -- discover the latest on Earth, the Solar System and beyond with a weekly update in your inbox. https://youtu.be/h3JyyWKnHNI ** LIVE: Russian cosmonauts step out of the ISS - Reuters Russian cosmonauts step out of the International Space Station to deploy and activate a radiator on one of its modules. https://www.youtube.com/live/uDLyRAGR8lE?feature=share ** Hypnotic stars view from the International Space Station - European Space Agency, ESA Our astronaut Thomas Pesquet filmed this timelapse during his second mission to the International Space Station. https://youtube.com/shorts/kcr9nCGoOPg?feature=share ** VAST Announces the HAVEN-1 and VAST-1 Missions - VAST Scheduled to be the world’s first commercial space station, Haven-1 and subsequent human spaceflight missions will accelerate access to space exploration Press release: https://www.vastspace.com/updates/vas... Vast, a pioneer in space habitation technologies, announced today their plans to launch the world’s first commercial space station, called Haven-1. Scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to low-Earth orbit no earlier than August 2025, Haven-1 will initially act as an independent crewed space station prior to being connected as a module to a larger Vast space station currently in development. The mission will be quickly followed by Vast-1, the first human spaceflight mission to Haven-1 on a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. The vehicle and its four-person crew will dock with Haven-1 for up to 30 days while orbiting Earth. Vast also secured an option with SpaceX for an additional human spaceflight mission to Haven-1. This represents the first time in history that a commercial space station company has both a contracted launch for its space station and a visiting human spaceflight mission. https://youtu.be/jS_afVESUwI **  Axiom Mission 2: ISS National Lab-sponsored Science - ISS National Lab The second launch of an all-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) by Axiom Space builds on the new era of privatized utilization of the orbiting laboratory. Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) will send four private astronauts to the space station. It will also carry more than 20 payloads sponsored by the ISS National Laboratory that will be performed during the space expedition onboard the orbiting outpost. These investigations span diverse disciplines, from life sciences to biomanufacturing, materials science, technology demonstrations, and education projects. https://youtu.be/hkaRcbPr41w ** Tianzhou-6 docking - SciNews According to the China National Space Administration (CNSA), the Tianzhou-6 cargo spacecraft docked to the rear docking port of the Tianhe Core Module (天和核心舱), on 10 May 2023, at 21:16 UTC (11 may, at 05:16 China Standard Time). Tianzhou-6 (天舟六号) is the fifth cargo mission to the China Space Station (中国空间站). https://youtu.be/MQLOYgGFNmE ** Chinese Astronauts Enter Tianzhou-6 to Unload Cargo - CCTV Video News Agency China's Shenzhou-15 astronauts have entered the Tianzhou-6 cargo spacecraft on Friday morning to unload goods and equipment after the cargo craft's docking with the orbiting Tiangong space station. https://youtu.be/UgOPYBq7eNc **  More Material Space Testing to Be Conducted Thanks to China's Newly Launched Tianzhou-6 - CCTV Video News Agency China's cargo craft Tianzhou-6, which has just successfully docked with the space station complex, has carried a variety of materials which will be used for experiments and tests in the lab cabin or on the extravehicular platform. https://youtu.be/LEY47fYIPAE ** Live Video from the International Space Station (Official NASA Stream) - NASA Watch live video from the International Space Station, including inside views when the crew aboard the space station is on duty. Views of Earth are also streamed from an external camera located outside of the space station. During periods of signal loss due to handover between communications satellites, a blue screen is displayed. The space station orbits Earth about 250 miles (425 kilometers) above the surface. An international partnership of five space agencies from 15 countries operates the station, and it has been continuously occupied since November 2000. It's a microgravity laboratory where science, research, and human innovation make way for new technologies and research breakthroughs not possible on Earth. More: https://go.nasa.gov/3CkVtC8 Did you know you can spot the station without a telescope? It looks like a fast-moving star, but you have to know when to look up. Sign up for text messages or email alerts to let you know when (and where) to spot the station and wave to the crew: https://spotthestation.nasa.gov https://www.youtube.com/live/xAieE-QtOeM?feature=share ====

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[sciencespies]

Astronauts complete first Chinese space station spacewalk

https://sciencespies.com/space/astronauts-complete-first-chinese-space-station-spacewalk/

Astronauts complete first Chinese space station spacewalk

Hausjärvi, FINLAND — Two Shenzhou-12 astronauts conducted a spacewalk late Saturday to carry to install equipment required for the long-term operation of China’s space station.

Liu Boming opened the hatch of the Tianhe module at 8:11 p.m. Eastern June 3 and was later joined outside by Tang Hongbo. Activities were completes at 2:57 a.m. June 4, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). 

Wearing new-generation Feitian extravehicular activity suits the pair worked outside Tianhe while orbiting around 380 kilometers above the surface of the Earth. 

Liu worked attached to a robotic arm while Tang worked along handrails on Tianhe.

The astronauts installed foot restraints and an extravehicular working platform on Tianhe’s mechanical arm. They later raised a panoramic camera. 

Shenzhou-12 mission commander Nie Haisheng remained inside Tianhe and operated a small robotic arm to assist his colleagues.

The spacewalk is China’s second, following nearly 13 years after Zhai Zhigang’s 22-minute EVA during the September 2008 Shenzhou-7 mission. 

Footage from the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center (BACC) broadcast by CCTV showed multiple angles of Tianhe and the astronauts’ point of view. Communications between Tianhe and the ground are facilitated by Tianlian relay satellites in geostationary orbit.

Nie assisted Liu and Tang in testing the Feitian suits July 1 in preparation for the spacewalk. They also checked the Tianhe docking hub which contains an EVA hatch.

A second spacewalk is planned to be conducted during the three-month-long Shenzhou-12 expedition to Tianhe.

Tianhe is the first of three modules which will form a T-shaped space station. The 16.6-meter-long, 4.2-meter-diameter module will provide regenerative life support and the main living quarters for astronauts as well as propulsion to maintain orbital altitude.

Shenzhou-12 docked with Tianhe on June 17, six hours 32 minutes after launch from Jiuquan. 

Shenzhou-13 is being readied for an emergency rapid response launch but is otherwise expected to launch on schedule in October. The Tianzhou-3 cargo spacecraft will deliver supplies for the mission to Tianhe a month earlier. 

Experiment modules named Wentian and Mengtian are expected to launch in 2022. Each will be manipulated into position by Tianhe’s 10.2-meter-long robotic arm.

Xuntian, a co-orbiting optical, Hubble-class space telescope will launch around 2024. The Chinese space station could also be expanded from three to six modules if main phase construction proceeds as planned.

A view of the Earth during the first Shenzhou-12 spacewalk, June 2021. Credit: BACC/CCTV

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[bookofjin]

Annals of Taiping Zhenjun 1-3 (440-442)

[From WS004. An end to the western wars? Tufa Baozhou is defeated and kills himself. Juqu Wuhui captures Jiuquan, but later flees west across the desert to Shanshan. Li Bao is installed as the vassal Duke of Dunhuang. Elsewhere Yang Nandang is chased out of his kingdom, and comes begging for aid.]

[Taiping Zhenjun 1, 19 February 440 – 6 February 441]

1st Year of Taiping Zhenjun [“True Lord of Heavenly Peace”], Spring, 1st Month, jiyou [9 March], Juqu Wuhui besieged Jiuquan.

On xinhai [11 March], allotted and dispatched attendant subjects to tour and travel the provinces and commanderies, observe and examine the manners and customs, and ask the people about their ills and hardships.

On renzi [12 March], Wuhui lured and seized the Duke of Yiyang, Yuan Jie.

2nd Month, jisi [29 March], decreed Provisional Thoroughly Straight Regular Attendant Xing Ying as envoy to Liu Yilong.

Issued out 5 000 people from Chang'an to dredge the Kunming Pool.

3rd Month [18 April – 16 May], Jiuquan was lost.

Summer, 4th Month, gengchen [8 June], Wuhui robbed Zhangye. Tufa Baozhou stationed at Shandan.

On bingxu [14 June], the Great General who Consoles the Army, the King of Yongchang, Jian, and others to supervise the various armies and chastise Baozhou.

5th Month, xinmao [19 June], travelled to favour the Northern Section.

On yisi [3 July], Wuhui then besieged Zhangye, did not overcome it, withdrew and turned back.

On bingchen [14 July], the Chariot Drove to return to the Palace.

6th Month, dingchou [4 August], august grandson Jun was born. A great amnesty, and changed the year.

Autumn, 7th Month [14 August – 11 September], travelled to favour Yin Mountain.

On jichou [16 August], the King of Yongchang, Jian, arrived at Fanhe, and routed Baozhou. Zhou escaped and ran.

On bingshen [23 August], the August Empress Dowager, Ms. Dou, collapsed at the Acting Palace.

On guichou [9 September], Baozhou killed himsef. Transmitted the head to the Imperial City.

8th Month, jiashen [10 October], Wuhui surrendered, and sent off the Duke of Yiyang, Yuan Jie, and the various generals and soldiers.

9th Month, renyin [28 October], the Chariot Drove to return to the Palace.

Winter, 11th Month, dinghai [12 December], travelled to favour North of the Mouintains.

12th Month, [9 January – 6 February], the Chariot Drove to return to the Palace.

This Year, in the provinces and garrisons 15 [times?] the people starved. Opened the granaries to aid and care for them.

Used the King of Henan, Yao's son Jie'er as King of Hejian. Later changed the fief to King of Lüeyang.

[Taiping Zhenjun 2, 7 February 441 – 26 January 442]

2nd Year, Spring, 1st Month, guimao [26 February], designated Juqu Wuhui as Great General who Conquers the West, Shepherd of Liang province, and King of Jiuquan.

On jiachen [27 February], travelled to favour the warm springs.

2nd Month, renxu [17 March], the Chariot Drove to return to the Palace.

3rd Month, xinmao [15 April], buried the Kind [hui] Empress Dowager at Guo Mouintain.

On gengxu [4 May], the King Xinxing, Jun, and the King of Lüeyang, Jie'er committed a crime. Both were demoted to be Dukes.

On xinhai [5 May], ennobled Yujiulü Qiliegui of the Ruanruan as King of Shuofang; Juqu Wannian as King of Zhangye.

Summer, 4th Month, dingsi [11 May], Liu Yilong dispatched envoys to court with tribute.

On gengchen [3 June], decreed the General who Garrisons the South, the Duke of Nanyang, Xi Juan, to campaign against Jiuquan.

5th Month, xinmao [14 June], travelled to favour North of the Mountains.

Autumn, 8th Month, xinhai [2 September], decreed the Cavalier Attendant Gentleman Zhang Wei and others as envoys to Liu Yilong. Travelled to favour West of He.

9th Month, wuxu [19 October], the Great General who Consoles the Army, the King of Yongchang, Jian, passed away.

Winter, 11th Month, gengzi [20 December], the General who Garrisons the South, Xi Juan, pacified Jiuquan, and captured Juqu Tianzhou, Zangjie, and Qude, and more than 4 000 men and women.

12th Month, jiaxu [23 January], the Chariot Drove to return to the Palace.

On bingzi [25 January], Liu Yilong dispatched envoys to court with tribute.

[Taiping Zhenjun 3, 27 January 442 – 14 February 443]

3rd Year, Spring, 1st Month, jiashen [2 February], the Emperor arrived at the Altar of the Way, and personally accepted the talisman registers. Readied the Model Equipage, the banners and flags were fully blue-green. This is told in the Treatise on Sak[yamuni] and the Old [Master].

3rd Month, renyin [21 April], the King of Beiping, Zhangsun Tui, committed a crime and was demoted in feudal rank to be Marquis.

Summer, 4th Month [26 April – 25 May], Wuhui ran across the Flowing Sands to occupy Shanshan. Li Hao's grandson Bao occupied Dunhuang, and dispatched envoys to adhere to the interior.

5th Month [26 May – 23 June], travelled to favour north of the Yin Mountains.

Intercalary Month [24 June – 23 July], Liu Yilong's Dragon Prancing General, Pei Fangming, and Inspector of Liang# province, Liu Kangzu, robbed Nanqin. The King of Nanqin, Yang Nandang was defeated and fled to Shanggui.

6th Month, bingxu [3 August], Nandang came to court at the Acting Palace.

Before this, erected a hall to the north of Yin Mountain. The hall was just completed when Nandang arrived, following that named it as Broad Virtue [guangde].

Autumn, 7th Month, bingyin [12 September], decreed the General who Calms the West, the Duke of Jianxing, Gu Bi, to supervise the various armies of Longyou and the Rapid as Tigers with the Within the Hall, and together with the King of Wudu, Yang Baozong and others follow Qi Mountain to enter to the south. The General who Conquers the West, the Duke of Huaiyang, Pi Baozi, with the King of Langye, Sima Chuzhi, and others, to supervise the various armies of Guanzhong, and follow the San Pass and enter to the west. Everyone were to meet up in Chouchi. The Duke of Yulin, Sima Wensi, became Great General who Conquers the South, and was advanced in feudal rank to be King of Qiao, to supervise the various army affairs of Luo and Yu and hasten south to Xiangyang. The General who Conquers the South, the Duke of Dong'an, Diao Yong to hasten east to Guangling, to intercept Fangming's return path.

Winter, 10th Month, jimao [24 November], ennobled the august son Fuluo as King of Jin, Han as King of Qin, Tan as King of Yan, Jian as King of Chu, Yu as King of Wu.

12th Month, xinsi [25 January], the Palace Attendant, Grand Guardian, and Duke of Xiangcheng, Lu Luyuan, passed away.

On dingyou [10 February], the Chariot Drove to return to the Palace,

Li Bao dispatched envoys to court with tribute. Used Bao as Great General who Garrisons the South, Opening Office with Rites Similar to the Three Ministers, and Shepherd of Liang province, and ennobled as Duke of Dunhuang.

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[spaceflight-insider]

China orbits 'Tianhe,' the core of its multi-module space station

China orbits ‘Tianhe,’ the core of its multi-module space station

China’s Long March 5B sends the Tianhe core module into orbit from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on April 29, 2021. Credit: CGTN/China National Space Administration China has begun construction of a large multi-module space station with the launch of the Tianhe core module, starting a period of rapid launches to assemble the outpost by 2022. (more…)

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China’s Tiangong-2 laboratory reenters atmosphere. (July 19, 2019)

After nearly three years in orbit, China’s second prototype space station module, Tiangong-2, reentered the Earth’s atmosphere earlier this morning, July 19. Officials from the Chinese Manned Space Engineering Office announced on July 13 that the module would be deorbited on the 19th. The office stated in November 2018 that Tiangong-2 would reenter sometime in 2019. Tiangong-2 used its onboard engines late in the evening of July 18 to lower its orbit, preparing for an early-morning reentry today. Cameras on board the laboratory captured rare footage of the vehicle as it began plummeting through the Earth’s upper atmosphere. The video cuts out shortly after the glowing reaches its highest intensity.

Officials stated that the laboratory reentered the atmosphere at 9:06am EDT in an area of the South Pacific Ocean known as the spacecraft graveyard.

This region of the Pacific is often used for spacecraft and satellites to reenter as it provides a safe, unpopulated area for any surviving fragments to fall in.

Tiangong-2′s final orbit, visualized by Harvard’s Jonathan McDowell. The yellow slanted line represents the portion of the station’s orbit where it broke apart in the atmosphere. P/c: Jonathan McDowell The 8.6 ton, 34-foot module was launched on a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center September 15, 2016. One month later, the two man Shenzhou-11 crew docked to the station for a 30-day mission, China’s longest crewed flight to date.  One of the experiments launched during the crew’s operations was the Banxing-2 microsatellite, which photographed the joint complex in orbit for the first time.  China perfected the technologies necessary for orbital operations with the uncrewed Tianzhou-1 mission, an automatic cargo freighter. Launching in April, 2017 on a 60-day mission, Tianzhou-1 developed the procedures necessary for automatic docking and propellant transfer. Both Tiangong modules and the Tianzhou-1 mission were technological pathfinders for the procedures China will use on their larger, modular space station, known as Tianhe. China’s first space station prototype, Tiangong-1, famously made an uncontrolled reentry in April, 2018, following more than six years on orbit. Officials intended for that module to be controlled during its descent but ground controllers lost communications with the craft in March, 2016.

Tiangong-2 spent a total of 1,036 days, 22 hours, 54 minutes and 56 seconds in orbit. For our coverage of Tiangong-2′s mission, click here. Click here for our coverage of Shenzhou-11, and click here for our coverage of the Tianzhou-1 flight.

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China launches core module rocket to build its space station

China launches core module rocket to build its space station

China has started building its own space station. A “Long March 5B” rocket launched on Thursday with the core module of the space station from the Wenchang space station on the southern Chinese island of Hainan. The 22-tonne “Tianhe” (Heavenly Harmony) module is to form the main part of the space station, which is to be completed “around 2022”. Ten minutes after launch, the module successfully…

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