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Chinese materials scientist Pei Qibing takes up new post in Macau

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Pei Qibing is taking on a new role at the University of Macau. Photo: Handout

Why SpaceX may not be a model for Chinese companies to copy

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SpaceX employees celebrate the firm’s record-breaking IPO in New York on Friday. Photo: AFP

Chinese team flags life-threatening weakness in Nasa’s Artemis programme

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A Chinese team has flagged a “glaring weakness” in Nasa’s Artemis programme which could be life threatening. Photo: Reuters

Chinese team builds first commercial ‘3-lane highway’ in optical fibre

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A 35km link connects major computing facilities in Qingdao and serves as a commercial testing bed for next-gen optical networking technologies, according to Shanghai business media. Image: Shutterstock

PLA scientists propose a plan to destroy US carrier groups from 3,000km away

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Aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) moored pier side at Naval Base Guam in Micronesia. The US military has quietly pulled its most precious military assets away from Asian coasts, beyond the reach of most conventional missiles. Photo: US Navy/AFP
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The US Government Accountability Office found the air force’s aerial refuelling fleet consistently fell short of availability and mission-capability goals between 2019 and 2025. Photo: US Air Force via Reuters
US-China relations

Can America sustain a war with China? New reports raise questions

US watchdog cites ageing aircraft, spare-part shortages, maintenance challenges, expertise gaps and delays fielding advanced tankers.

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US-China tech war

Who pays when rockets explode? China rushes to insure SpaceX’s rivals

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Nasa

Nasa chief defends choice of all-male Artemis III crew

Nasa

Nasa reveals Artemis III astronauts in next step towards moon landing

The crew will orbit Earth while practising docking their Orion capsule with two lunar landers.

A view of ‘Earthset’, as seen from the Orion spacecraft on April 6, 2026. Photo: Nasa via AFP
US-China tech war

SpaceX IPO set to lift industry in push for space-based AI, solar power: report

The company’s expected listing may boost overall satellite industry profit as it expands into more space-based applications.

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Science

China wants to build the world’s largest astronomy base on Saishiteng Mountain

Telescopes at the remote site are set to surpass Hawaii’s Mauna Kea in light-gathering power by the mid-2030s, scientists say.

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International Space Station (ISS)

Astronauts take shelter as air leaks worsen on International Space Station

Nasa gave an order to prepare for evacuation amid a disagreement with Russia on how to repair the cracks.

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The International Space Station is seen from the Russian Soyuz MS-19 spaceship in March 2022. Photo: Roscosmos via AP
Scientists

Our latest interstellar visitor has no signs of alien tech, scientists say

There were no ‘technosignatures’ from comet 3I/ATLAS, the third known object from a faraway star.

Hong Kong youth

Opinion | Hong Kong’s first astronaut success is also a story of youth potential

Hongkongers and the city’s universities can play a meaningful role in China’s space programme. The sky is not the limit.

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SpaceX

Opinion | US-China rivalry is making Asia’s space economy more confrontational

Outer space is growing beyond a scientific frontier to become a forum for contests over sovereignty and economic security.

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A rocket carrying China’s Shenzhou-23 crewed spaceship launches from a satellite launch centre in Gansu province on May 24. Photo: Kyodo
Technology

Opinion | For SpaceX, global dominance may not be written in the stars

Space is not an ordinary, commercial, open market but a strategic domain tied directly to sovereignty, security and industrial policy.

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The SpaceX Starship and super heavy booster creates sound waves as it lifts off on its 12th test flight from the SpaceX launch complex in Starbase, Texas, US, on May 22. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong science and tech

Hong Kong may host Shenzhou-23 crew in 2027, including astronaut Lai Ka-ying

Tech chief Sun Dong also says new space manufacturing research centre focusing on AI and 3D printing will be established this year.

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Jeff Bezos

Blue Origin rocket explodes on launch pad during engine-firing test

Jeff Bezos’ space venture hit with a major setback in New Glenn rocket ‘anomaly’.

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Science

China touts AI ‘brain’ to speed up satellite targeting

Researchers say their AI ‘brain plus tool army’ cuts analysis time and overcomes obstacles without human intervention.

Chinese researchers have unveiled an AI tool designed to take satellite surveillance from the realm of image recognition to that of autonomous reasoning. Photo: Shutterstock
Japan

Japan Airlines wants to blast human culture into space and land it on the moon

The carrier is selling payload space to preserve Earth’s heritage from climate change and war, but sceptics dismiss it as a PR stunt.

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An illustration of Japan Airlines’ lunar transportation container. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong society

Beijing hails Hong Kong astronaut’s selection as result of ‘one country, two systems’

Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs says space mission will inspire more young people in Hong Kong to support country’s technological development.

Hong Kong science and tech

How Hong Kong’s first astronaut triggered a space education race

Lai Ka-ying’s selection spurs interest in aerospace and satellite-design courses at centre, as industry leaders call for blueprint.

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Japan

Japan eyes new rules to curb US, China and Russia space arms race

Japan is ‘best placed’ to establish new rules given its space capabilities and strong support for nuclear non-proliferation, analysts say.

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An illustration shows a military satellite shooting a laser at the Earth. Photo: Shutterstock
United States

US moon base plans revealed for what Nasa chief calls ‘the grand return’

US space agency outlines multiphase blueprint, awarding contracts for landers, buggies and drones.

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US-China relations

US weighs offensive space tactics as China satellite rivalry intensifies

Former Pentagon official says Washington is debating ways to deny Beijing use of space amid fears over military miscalculation.

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China’s Communist Party

China says jailed aerospace engineer was lured into spying for foreign agency

State media says accused received US$88,000 after he ‘fell step by step into the trap laid’ by an unidentified spy organisation.

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An aerospace engineer accused of leaking Chinese state secrets has been sentenced to 15 years in jail, according to CCTV. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong’s first astronaut has done city proud but now what else is needed?

Steps needed to turn short-term excitement surrounding Lai’s Shenzhou-23 mission into long-term talent pipeline, academic says.

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Lai Ka-ying (centre) with fellow astronauts Zhu Yangzhu (left) and Zhang Zhiyuan train ahead of their mission. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong society

Leaving family hardest part of Lai Ka-ying’s space mission, sister says

Elder sister Lai Ka-man says she is most looking forward to family union when astronaut returns so they can enjoy egg waffles together.

Hong Kong society

Editorial | Hong Kong’s first astronaut Lai Ka-ying a role model for young people

The Shenzhou-23 mission is a message to the next generation that space is within reach and that all Hongkongers belong in the orbit of scientific endeavour.

Science

China merges space programmes as race to the moon with US heats up

The country releases further details about how it is ‘combining experiences and expertise’ from its crewed and uncrewed lunar missions.

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Pictures of the moon’s surface taken by the Chang’e-6 probe in 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE
Hong Kong society

Cheers, pride as Hong Kong’s first astronaut heads off on mission

Hongkongers celebrate as trailblazer Lai Ka-ying heads to Tiangong space station in Shenzhou-23 spacecraft.

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About 50 people gathered at an HKU dorm to watch the broadcast of the launch. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong society

‘Let’s give it a try’: motion sickness no barrier for Hong Kong’s first astronaut

Lai Ka-ying says sheer willpower helped her pass parts of the gruelling selection process for China’s Shenzhou-23 mission.

United States

SpaceX launches its biggest, most beefed-up Starship yet on test flight

CEO Musk hopes the rocket will get people to Mars one day, but he must first beat Bezos’ Blue Origin to help Nasa put astronauts on the moon.

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