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Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

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中国科学院

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) is a national scientific institution and academic governing body in China, playing a vital role in the country's space program. CAS is responsible for planning and executing space science missions, developing space technologies, and conducting research in areas like space physics and space environment. It collaborates with organizations like the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on projects including lunar and deep space exploration. Key areas of focus for CAS include the study of the universe, space-time ripples, the Sun-Earth relationship, habitable planets, and space-based biological and physical sciences.

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Zhang Hongzhang worked as a researcher at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences before becoming a taikonaut.

GovernanceValue 2.2Apr 6, 2026Fifth Tiangong Art Exhibition Held in Orbit, Alongside Usual Taikonaut Activities

The European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences jointly developed the SMILE spacecraft.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Apr 4, 2026Sino-European Space Weather Satellite SMILE Ready for South American Launch

Innovation Academy for Microsatellites, Chinese Academy of Sciences, is producing the China-made spacecraft platform components for SMILE.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Apr 4, 2026Sino-European Space Weather Satellite SMILE Ready for South American Launch

The Chinese Academy of Sciences is providing the UltraViolet Imager, the Light Ion Analyzers, the spacecraft platform, and in-space operations through the European Space Agency’s ESTRACK network.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Apr 4, 2026Sino-European Space Weather Satellite SMILE Ready for South American Launch

The Qingzhou Cargo Spacecraft Test Vehicle is a 4.2-ton prototype developed by the Innovation Academy for Microsatellites of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Apr 2, 2026CAS Space Successfully Launches Kinetica-2, Aiming for Global Cost Leadership

The Qingzhou prototype was developed by the Innovation Academy for Microsatellites of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 3.4Mar 30, 2026Tri-Core Kinetica-2 Soars Into Orbit Carrying Cargo Spacecraft on First Mission! [Kinetica-2 Y1]

CAS Space is a derivative company of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

RelationshipsValue 2.2Mar 30, 2026A derivative company from the Chinese Academy Of Sciences, @cas_space is quite a weird bird in the huge fight of semi-private to private Chinese LSPs (but see the most famous CAS derivative company by far that you should know of, a certain Lenovo). While they started out with...

Qingzhou, also called Xinzhengcheng/New March 02, is a space experimental spacecraft developed by the Innovation Academy for Microsatellites of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

GeneralValue 3.5Mar 30, 2026RT by @raz_liu: Qingzhou is Xinzhengcheng/New March 02 pic.

Zhang Hongzhang worked as a researcher at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences before becoming a taikonaut.

GovernanceValue 1.0Mar 29, 2026Shenzhou-21 Crew Tidy Up Tiangong Following Recent Second Spacewalk

Smile is a scientific cooperation mission between the European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

GeneralRelationshipsValue 2.0Mar 27, 2026La ESA se prepara para el lanzamiento de la misión Smile junto a China

The Chinese Academy of Sciences is responsible for the ultraviolet imaging instruments, the magnetometer, the ion analyzer, the spacecraft platform, assembly and testing, and part of the space operations for Smile.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Mar 27, 2026La ESA se prepara para el lanzamiento de la misión Smile junto a China

Smile carries a magnetograph provided by the Chinese Academy of Sciences to measure the magnetic field of solar storms.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 3.0Mar 27, 2026La ESA se prepara para el lanzamiento de la misión Smile junto a China

SMILE is a collaboration between ESA and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

RelationshipsValue 3.6Mar 20, 2026RT by @AJ_FI: 🚨 We have a launch date! The Smile mission is set to launch on a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport on Thursday 9 April at 08:29 CEST. A collaboration between ESA and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Smile will study how Earth responds to the solar wind from the Sun. 1/2 pic.

Zhang Hongzhang worked as a researcher at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences before becoming a taikonaut.

GovernanceValue 2.0Mar 16, 2026Shenzhou-21 Taikonauts Perform Second Spacewalk, Harvest Space Tomatoes [SZ-21 EVA-2]

The Chinese Academy of Sciences provides three scientific instruments and the spacecraft platform and is responsible for operating the spacecraft in orbit.

CapabilityValue 4.0Mar 11, 2026Smile llega al Puerto Espacial Europeo de Kourou y alista su lanzamiento

The Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer is a joint mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

RelationshipsValue 4.2Mar 11, 2026Smile llega al Puerto Espacial Europeo de Kourou y alista su lanzamiento

The Smile mission is a scientific cooperation between the European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Mar 10, 2026La missione Smile dell’ESA arriva al Guiana Space Centre

Production of GuoWang satellites has been contracted to the China Academy of Space Technology and the Innovation Academy for Microsatellites, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

RelationshipsValue 4.6Mar 10, 2026How Large Are GuoWang's Mega-Constellation Satellites?

Before selection as a taikonaut, Zhang Hongzhang was a researcher at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, researching new materials and technology for batteries.

GovernanceValue 2.0Mar 9, 2026Shenzhou-21 Crew Resume Space Science Work Following Spring Festival

A research team from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences analyzed microscopic samples returned by China's Chang'e 6 mission from the Moon's far side.

GeneralCapabilityValue 3.5Mar 5, 2026Ancient impact may explain moons contrasting sides
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