Space Science in China

Space science in China is one of the most active areas in modern science and China has played a dynamic and steadily increasing role in this field since the 1960s. Until recently however activity in China was a mystery to the rest of the world. With the commercial importance of space and the fact that space is now used as a laboratory to carry out various experiments China has recently emerged as an important international competitor. Space Science in China provides a clear understanding of the latest research and progress in such wide-ranging areas as the development and research in solar-terrestrial science space astronomy geoscience remote sensing microgravity science and life science.