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Herdswoman made honorary citizen of Shanghai 23:45 UTC+8, 2021-06-02 0
City bestows honor on woman in Inner Mongolia who raised 28 orphans from Shanghai in the early 1960s during a time of natural disasters and food shortages.
Ti Gong
Shanghai Party Secretary Li Qiang poses with Duguimaa.
A woman in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region who raised 28 orphans from Shanghai in the early 1960s was made an honorary citizen of the city on Wednesday.
Duguimaa, now 79, who raised the children when she was an unmarried 19-year-old herdswoman on the grasslands until adoptive parents were found, received the honor from Shanghai Party Secretary Li Qiang.
NASA
Despite the challenges posed worldwide by the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 has been a bumper year when it comes to space exploration, marked by some incredible firsts and some sad farewells. It was a year of remarkable emerging technologies, a line up of ambitious new interplanetary missions, industry firsts, and the reemergence of the US in the field of human spaceflight. Most of all, 2020 saw commercial space companies coming into their own in ways that could impact space travel on a level not seen since the launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957.
Commercial Spaceflight
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China s lunar sampler lands in Mongolia with Moon dust onboard
China s lunar sampler lands in.
China s lunar sampler touched down in the Dorbod Banner region of Inner Mongolia at around 2 am Beijing time on December 17
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China s lunar sampler touched down in the Dorbod Banner region of Inner Mongolia at around 2 am Beijing time on December 17
China National Space Administration
China’s landmark lunar sampling mission has drawn to a close, with the Chang’e-5 lander touching down in Mongolia with the first rocks and dust collected from the Moon in decades. Described as one of the most challenging endeavors the country has ever embarked on, the mission’s success is another key step forward for the country’s ambitious lunar exploration program.