Chen Dong was selected as a taikonaut in 2010 as part of China’s second batch of taikonauts.

Chen Dong flew on the Shenzhou-11, Shenzhou-14, and Shenzhou-20 missions.

Chen Dong was born in December 1978 in Luoyang, Henan province.

China conducted an emergency-response launch with the Shenzhou-22 spacecraft after the Shenzhou-20 return was postponed.

Wang Jie was selected as a taikonaut in 2020 as part of China’s third batch of taikonauts.

The Shenzhou-20 crew completed a crew handover with the incoming crew while both crews were on orbit.

The struck Shenzhou spacecraft returned to Earth on January 19.

Chen Zhongrui executed four spacewalks during the Shenzhou-20 mission and stayed on orbit for 204 days on his first spaceflight.

Approximately 20 days elapsed between discovery of the Shenzhou-20 window problem and the safe return plus the successful launch and docking of Shenzhou-22.

Ground mission control assessed that Shenzhou-20’s return posed safety hazards and postponed the return while activating an emergency plan.

In microgravity during the Shenzhou-20 mouse experiment, the mice initially showed stress reactions to weightlessness and later adapted to move and feed normally.

The Shenzhou-20 crew performed multiple scientific experiments on orbit, including a mouse experiment and high-temperature materials tests.

The three Shenzhou-20 taikonauts have had their mental and physical health monitored since returning to Earth.

Prior to becoming a taikonaut, Wang Jie was an engineer at the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

Wang Jie was born in September 1989 in Bayannur, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Wang Jie served as the science operator on Shenzhou-20 and operated and maintained the space station systems during the mission.

Chen Zhongrui was selected as a taikonaut in 2020 as part of China’s third batch of taikonauts.

All six taikonauts from both crews participated in observing and verifying the Shenzhou-20 return capsule window condition with ground control.

The author released the poetry booklet Seven uni-verses two months before January 20.

Seven uni-verses is offered for free in digital formats and priced minimally in print.

As of January 20, Seven uni-verses has been downloaded and/or ordered about 1,600 times in total.

The author does not make money from sales of Seven uni-verses and relies on reader donations to support all of their space writing.

The author's independent publishing of Seven uni-verses created a logistical foundation intended to streamline publication of future booklets and books for public benefit.

The author plans to publish at least one booklet later this year and will provide notifications via Email or RSS.

Seven uni-verses is globally available in multiple formats and on multiple platforms.

The author intends to merge blog and book publishing to produce affordable and accessible writing on space exploration themes.

The author's non-exclusive open access publishing approach for Seven uni-verses involved independently publishing the poetry in multiple formats and on global platforms.

The initial comment period for the NPRM closed on January 20, 2026, marking the end of the first major phase of the rulemaking process.

AST SpaceMobile is scaling its infrastructure to support global cellular connectivity to standard smartphones.

Competing D2D operators have engaged in technical disputes regarding power flux density limits and signal interference.

The FCC granted a Supplemental Coverage from Space (SCS) license to SpaceX and T-Mobile on December 16, 2025.

The proposed Part 100 framework introduces a modular "licensing assembly line" intended to expedite application processing for space systems that meet standardized technical criteria.

The FCC aims to transition from a manual, bespoke review process to an industrialized model capable of managing the scale of modern megaconstellations such as the SpaceMobile cellular broadband network.

AST SpaceMobile successfully deployed the next-generation BlueBird 6 satellite on December 23, 2025.

Abel Avellan is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AST SpaceMobile.

The NPRM seeks to replace the legacy Part 25 regulatory framework with a new Part 100 structure.

The FCC’s Space Modernization for the 21st Century NPRM is designated as SB Docket No. 25-306.

AST & Science, LLC (AST SpaceMobile) submitted formal comments to the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, in response to the Space Modernization Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

The FCC schedule sets reply comments for the NPRM due by February 18, 2026.

INDUSTRIAL-X held Conference X 2025 on December 12, 2025 with sessions on corporate transformation in the AI era.

ispace plans to utilize lunar water resources to enable in-space fuel provision and thereby reduce rocket transportation costs.

Researcher 中須賀 launched the world’s first 1-kilogram-class satellite in 2003 and his developed nanosatellite has continued operating for 22 years after launch.

ispace aims to build an economic sphere from Earth to the Moon and is pursuing commercial missions to enable high-frequency lunar transport.

A major structural challenge in the space industry is the limited number of flight opportunities, which constrains the number of design-test iterations and slows technology maturation.

将来宇宙輸送システム is pursuing a long-term roadmap aimed at enabling routine transport of people and goods in space by the 2040s.

将来宇宙輸送システム is developing reusable rockets and is conducting test development with small rockets as part of a transport platform vision that includes spaceports.

Dependence on subsidy-centered support structures reduces private investment attractiveness because subsidies create accounting burdens for space startups.

The number of Japanese space startups exceeds 100 companies.

Japanese research on nanosatellites since 2003 has demonstrated practical applications in Earth observation, communications, and space science and has contributed to the creation of Japanese space startups.

INDUSTRIAL-X was selected as the contractor for the first phase of the Space Strategy Fund feasibility study to establish and innovate the satellite supply chain.