News for '-sastind'

China's Chang'e-2 travels past asteroid in deep space

Rediff.com15 Dec 2012

Chang'e-2 had gone past the moon after completing its mission and flew by the asteroid Toutatis on December 13, which the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence (SASTIND) claimed was the first time a space ship flew by the asteroid, named after a Celtic God.

China locates suspected crash site of missing plane

Rediff.com13 Mar 2014

China on Thursday said it would not give up its efforts in searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane after its satellites spotted three floating pieces of possible debris in the South China Sea between Malaysia and Vietnam.