Long March models Photo taken at
Asian Aerospace '96. From left to right: CZ-2C, CZ-4A, CZ-3C, CZ-3B, CZ-3A, CZ-2E, CZ-3.
All rocket models are in 1:20 scale. Before them is a scaled model of DFH-3 comsat.
Long March 4B The photo was taken in
Shanghai in early June 1998. This is the first 4B rocket which will be used to launch the
ZY-1 (CBERS-1) resource satellte.
Long March 4B (courtesy of
sina.com.cn) Maiden flight on May 10, 1999.
Long March 4B (courtesy of INPE) Long
March 4B before ZY-1 launch
Long March 4B (courtesy of INPE) Long
March 4B before ZY-1 launch
Long March 4B (courtesy of INPE) Long
March 4B fairing with ZY-1 in transportation
KT-1
A photo likely took before the maiden
launch in 2002.
Shijian 5 (courtesy of CAST) Under
development. Artist impression
Ocean 1 (courtesy of CAST) Under
development. Artist impression
Huanjing-1C
(courtesy
of Aerospace China) Artist impression. Huanjing-1C (HJ-1C) is a CAST968
based SAR satellite. HJ-1C, together with two optical smallsat using
the same bus, will form an initial fleet of the 8-bird Environment
and Disaster Monitoring Constellation.
Shuttle Wind Tunnel Model
(courtesy of BIA, scanned by The Heritage Foundation) Photo on a brochure of the Beijing
Institute of Aerodynamics (BIA) from '98 Airshow China.
Shuttle Wind Tunnel Image
(courtesy of BIA, scanned by The Heritage Foundation) Also from the Beijing Institute of
Aerodynamics (BIA).
A Thermal Image (courtesy of BIA,
scanned by The Heritage Foundation) Thermal image from BIA that appears to be the re-entry
capsule of Chinese manned spacecraft.
Taikonaut (courtesy of The Heritage
Foundation) The spacesuit test.
Taikonaut (courtesy of The Heritage
Foundation) Walking in space suit.
Taikonaut (courtesy of The Heritage
Foundation) Survival tranning in water.
Taikonaut (courtesy of China
Internet Information Center) Another spacesuit photo.
Taikonauts in test The explosive
depressurization (of the space cabin) test is to verify the reliability of space suit and
life support system. The photo was taken early 1998 somewhere in China. Chinese manned
spacecraft is scheduled for lift-off in 1999.
Space Food (courtesy of The Heritage
Foundation) Space food.
Shenzhou docking
(courtesy of
Shenzhen SAST) Artist impression of docking by a Shenzhou with an orbital module of
the previous one.
Shenzhou EVA
(courtesy of
Shenzhen SAST) Artist impression.
SpaceLab (1)
(courtesy of
Shenzhen SAST) Artist impression.
SpaceLab (2)
(courtesy of
Shenzhen SAST) Artist impression.
Misc Pictures
Earth iamge (courtesy of INPE) One
of first images taken by ZY-1
Earth iamge The first image taken by
FY-1C on May 10, 1999.
Earth image (courtesy of NASA)
Another FY-2A image. It was downloaded from NASA FY-2A real-time image server. This 4km
resolution visible image was taken on 5:00 GMT March 19, 1998 (Large image: 148KB). Please
see China Space Links page for the NASA site.