About CNSA

China National Space Administration (CNSA) (国家航天局) (Chinese Guojia Hangtianju) is the national space agency of the People's Republic of China responsible for the national space program and for planning and development of space activities. CNSA and China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) assumed the authority over space development efforts previously held by the Ministry of Aerospace Industry. It is a subordinate agency of the State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence (SASTIND), itself a subordinate agency of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), operated by the Chinese Communist Party. The headquarters is in Haidian District, Beijing. Despite its relatively short history, CNSA has pioneered a number of achievements in space for China, including becoming the first space agency to land on the far side of the Moon with Chang'e 4, bringing material back from the Moon with Chang'e 5, and being the second agency who successfully landed a rover on Mars with Tianwen-1.

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History Of CNSA

CNSA is an agency created in 1993 when the Ministry of Aerospace Industry was split into CNSA and the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). The former was to be responsible for policy, while the latter was to be responsible for execution. As part of a massive restructuring in 1998, CASC was split into a number of smaller state-owned companies.China initiated its own human spaceflight program in 1992. The spacecraft, called Shenzhou, that it developed for the effort was modeled on Russia’s time-tested Soyuz design, but it relied heavily on Chinese-developed technologies and manufacturing. Following four years of unmanned spacecraft tests, the CNSA launched China’s first taikonaut (astronaut), Yang Liwei, into orbit on Oct. 15, 2003. In doing so, it became the third country—after the Soviet Union and the United States—to achieve human spaceflight.

Rockets Of CNSA

Here are some of the famous rockets in the world made by CNSA

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“The Universe is vast and exploration of it will never end, only through consistent innovation, can the Chinese nation work towards a brighter future”


- Chinese President XI Jinping

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    Long March 5 (Tianwen-1)

    Long March 5, or Changzheng 5 (CZ-5), is a Chinese heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT). It is the first Chinese launch vehicle designed to use exclusively non-hypergolic liquid propellants. There are currently two CZ-5 variants: CZ-5 and CZ-5B. The maximum payload capacities are approximately 25,000 kg (55,000 lb) to low Earth orbit. It carried Tianwen-1 which carried one of the heaviest probes launched to Mars.

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    Long March 3B (Chang'e 4)

    The Long March 3B, also known as the CZ-3B and LM-3B, is a Chinese orbital launch vehicle. Introduced in 1996, A three-stage rocket with four strap-on liquid rocket boosters, it is currently the second most powerful member of the Long March rocket family after the Long March 5 and the heaviest of the Long March 3 rocket family, and is mainly used to place communications satellites into geosynchronous orbits. It carried Chang'e 4 robotic spacecraft to the far side of the moon.

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    Long March 7

    The Long March 7, or Chang Zheng 7, is a Chinese liquid-fuelled launch vehicle of the Long March family, developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CAST). It made its inaugural flight on 25 June 2016. It is used for Phase 4 of Lunar Exploration Program, that is permanent base expected for 2024; Second generation Heavy ELV for lunar and deep space trajectory injection (70 tonnes in LEO), capable of supporting a Soviet L1/L3-like lunar landing mission.

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Tianwen-1

JULY 2020
Tianwen-1 is an interplanetary mission by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) to send a robotic spacecraft to Mars, consisting of 5 parts: an orbiter, deployable camera, lander, drop camera, and the Zhurong rover. The spacecraft, with a total mass of nearly five tons, is one of the heaviest probes launched to Mars and carries 13 scientific instruments. It is the first in a series of planned missions undertaken by CNSA as part of its Planetary Exploration of China program.

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Chang'e 4

MAY 2018
Chang'e 4 is a robotic spacecraft mission, part of the second phase of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program. China achieved humanity's first soft landing on the far side of the Moon, on 3 January 2019. An ancient collision event on the Moon left behind a very large crater, called the Aitken Basin, that is now about 13 km (8.1 mi) deep, and it is thought that the massive impactor likely exposed the deep lunar crust, and probably the mantle materials. The specific scientific objectives are:
Measure the chemical compositions of lunar rocks and soils, Measure lunar surface temperature over the duration of the mission, Carry out low-frequency radio astronomical observation and research using a radio telescope.

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Chang'e 5

NOVEMBER 2020
Chang'e 5 is the fifth lunar exploration mission of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, and China's first lunar sample-return mission. Like its predecessors, the spacecraft is named after the Chinese moon goddess Chang'e. It launched at 20:30 UTC on 23 November 2020 from Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on Hainan Island, landed on the Moon on 1 December 2020, collected ~1,731 g (61.1 oz) of lunar samples (including from a core ~1 m deep), and returned to the Earth at 17:59 UTC on 16 December 2020.

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Tianzhou (spacecraft)

APRIL 2017, MAY 2021, SEPTEMBER 2021
The Tianzhou is a Chinese automated cargo spacecraft developed from China's first prototype space station Tiangong-1 to resupply its modular space station. It was first launched (Tianzhou 1) on the Long March 7 rocket from Wenchang on April 20, 2017. Tianzhou 2’s launch took place on 29 May 2021. Latest Launch, Tianzhou 3, is a mission of the Tianzhou-class uncrewed cargo spacecraft, launched on 20 September 2021. Both Tianzhou 2 & Tianzhou 3 are still docked to Tiangong space station and part of it as well.

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Tiangong space station

Under construction
Habitable: 110 m3
Tiangong space station, is a space station being constructed by China in low Earth orbit between 340 and 450 km (210 and 280 mi) above the surface. Being China's first long-term space station, it is the goal of the "Third Step" of the China Manned Space Program. Once completed, the Tiangong Space Station will have a mass between 80 and 100 t (180,000 and 220,000 lb), roughly one-fifth the mass of the International Space Station and about the size of the decommissioned Russian Mir space station but with more advanced technologies.