UN space chief hails "strong" cooperation with China

STORY: UN space chief hails "strong" cooperation with China SHOOTING TIME: April 16, 2024 DATELINE: April 20, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: Vienna CATEGORY: SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the headquarters of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) 2. SOUNDBITE (English): AARTI HOLLA-MAINI, Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) STORYLINE: Aarti Holla-Maini, director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), has hailed China's achievements in space exploration and its close cooperation with her office in leveraging space technologies to benefit all humankind. Holla-Maini made the remarks in a recent exclusive interview with Xinhua before she heads to China later this week to attend a series of space events. SOUNDBITE (English): AARTI HOLLA-MAINI, Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) "China is a well respected spacefaring nation, all the way from its launcher and its satellite navigati

Global scientists call for deeper space science cooperation

STORY: Global scientists call for deeper space science cooperation DATELINE: Aug. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: TAIYUAN, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of 2nd China Space Science Assembly 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ALVARO GIMENEZ, Spanish Science Research Council 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): FABIO FAVATA, Coordinator of Science Programme of the European Space Agency 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): WU JI, Chairman of Chinese Society of Space Research 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): WANG CHI, Director of National Space Science Center, CAS STORYLINE: Space scientists and management experts from spacefaring countries and international organizations called for overcoming difficulties brought by the COVID-19 epidemic and establishing corresponding strategic cooperation mechanisms at a forum on space science cooperation. It took place Thursday in the city of Taiyuan, north China's Shanxi Province. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ALVARO GIMENEZ, Spanish Science Research Council "This is a very much needed discussi