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China claims major fusion advance and record after 17-minute Tokamak run
China’s Hefei Institutes of Physical Science has claimed a new world record for maintaining a steady-state high-confinement plasma operation, a feat needed to create a fusion reactor that in theory will produce vast amounts of energy at little cost.
The operation was performed in the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) which, according to the institute, maintained the operation for 1,066 seconds – almost 18 minutes and considerably longer than the previous record of 403 seconds the facility achieved in 2023.
Creating plasma and keeping it contained is hard. Tokamaks do it in a chamber, often doughnut-shaped, that contains gases that are heated to high temperatures and subjected to enormous pressure until they becomes a plasma. That’s just the start of the fun, as that plasma is so hot it must then be contained with giant magnets lest...
China chooses 2 teams to develop low-cost space station cargo spacecraft
Top Stories Tamfitronics A Shenzhou-15 astronaut wearing a Feitian EVA suit with red markings emerges from the Wentian module, as imaged by a camera on the Tiangong robotic arm. Credit: CMSAHELSINKI — China’s human spaceflight agency has selected two proposals to develop spacecraft for low-cost space station resupply missions, echoing earlier moves by NASA.The China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) opened a call last year for proposals for low-cost cargo transportation systems to serve the Tiangong space station. Four proposals from 10 submissions were chosen to enter a detailed design phase in September 2023.Now, two teams have won through, CMSEO announced during a Oct. 29 press conference. The agency has selected the Qingzhou cargo spacecraft from the Innovation Academy for Microsatellites of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IAMCAS) and the Haolong cargo space shuttle proposal...
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China launches reusable Shijian-19 satellite for space breeding and technology tests
Top Stories Tamfitronics Liftoff of the Long March 2D rocket carrying Shijian-19, Sept. 27, 2024. Credit: HELMETHELSINKI China launched the retrievable and reusable Shijian-19 satellite Friday to carry out a range of experiments in low Earth orbit.A Long March 2D rocket lifted off at 8:30 a.m. Eastern (1030 UTC) Sept. 27 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert. Exhaust from the hypergolic rocket billowed into the air as the launcher ascended into largely clear blue skies above the spaceport. The Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST) announced launch success, revealing the payload to be the Shijian-19 satellite.Shijian-19 is a retrievable satellite developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST). The same arm of Chinas main space contractor is also developing a reusable crew spacecraft for low Earth orbit (LEO) and lunar...
