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NASA sending four astronauts to ISS on Sunday

Posted on October 28, 2021 by News Desk

Washington, Oct 27 (AFP/APP):NASA is teaming up with SpaceX once more to send four astronauts to the International Space Station on Sunday, including three first-timers. The crew of mission “Crew-3” will spend six months on the orbital outpost, conducting research in areas including material sciences, […]

Pakistani student contributes to successful launch of satellite in China

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

BEIJING, Oct 26 (APP):APSCO-SSS-1, a student satellite designed and developed by China’s Beihang University in collaboration with student researchers from countries including Pakistan, blasted off aboard a Long March-2D rocket in north Chin’s Taiyuan city. “I had the unique opportunity to study and analyse the […]

China achieves quantum computational advantage in two mainstream technical routes

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

HEFEI, Oct. 26 (Xinhua/APP):A Chinese research team has successfully designed a 66-qubit programmable superconducting quantum computing system named “Zuchongzhi 2.1,” significantly enhancing the quantum computational advantage. The achievement marks that China has become the first country to achieve quantum computational advantage in two mainstream technical […]

China’s 5G phone shipments top 70 pct in Jan.-Sept.

Posted on October 24, 2021 by News Desk

BEIJING, Oct. 24 (Xinhua/APP) –:Shipments of 5G phones in China surged 70.4 percent year on year to around 183 million units in the first nine months of this year, data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) showed. The volume accounted for […]

US targeting Feb. 2022 to launch new lunar program Artemis

Posted on October 23, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Washington, Oct 23 (AFP/APP):NASA is aiming to launch its uncrewed lunar mission Artemis 1 in February next year, the space agency said Friday, the first step in America’s plan to return humans to the Moon. The agency had initially hoped to launch the test flight […]

CPEC IT Joint Working Group to boost new infrastructure: Du Zhenli

Posted on October 20, 2021 by News Desk

BEIJING, Oct 19 (APP):The cooperation in digital infrastructure and IT under China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will soon make some significant progress under the IT industry joint working group (JWG) established at 10th CPEC Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting, said Du Zhenli, Deputy Director-General of […]

Stellantis teams up with LG for car batteries

Posted on October 19, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Paris, Oct 18 (AFP/APP):US-European automaker Stellantis and South Korea’s LG Energy Solution said Monday they would team up to build lithium-ion car batteries in North America. The two companies aim to have a factory up and running in the beginning of 2024 that will have […]

Russian crew to return to Earth after filming first movie in space

Posted on October 17, 2021 by News Desk

Moscow, Oct 17 (AFP/APP):A Russian actress and director were set to return to Earth on Sunday after spending 12 days in the International Space Station (ISS) shooting scenes for the first movie in orbit. If the project stays on track, the Russian crew will beat […]

Russian crew back on Earth after filming first movie in space: Roscosmos

Posted on October 17, 2021 by News Desk

Moscow, Oct 17 (AFP/APP):A Russian actress and film director returned to Earth Sunday after spending 12 days aboard the International Space Station shooting scenes for the first movie in orbit. The Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft ferrying Yulia Peresild, Klim Shipenko and cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky from the […]

China’s ‘space dream’: A Long March to the Moon and beyond

Posted on October 16, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Beijing, Oct 16 (AFP/APP):The arrival of three astronauts at China’s new space station on Saturday marks a landmark step in its space ambitions, its longest crewed mission to date. The world’s second-largest economy has put billions into its military-run space programme, with hopes of having […]

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