Jacky Tsai's Hand-painted Rocket-powered Art | CGTN
Contemporary artist Jacky Tsai has made history—again. On May 17, 2025, he transformed a rocket into a soaring canvas, successfully launching it into space. Known for his bold fusion of Chinese cultural symbolism and pop-art aesthetics, Jacky pushes the limits of where—and what—art can be. With works spanning land, sea, air and now the cosmos, this groundbreaking project marks a new chapter in his creative journey. Our host Louisa Lee meets him inside the rocket factory to uncover the vision behind this extraordinary, sky-breaking achievement.
The Zhuque-2E Y2 carrier rocket blasted off at 12:12 p.m. (0412 GMT) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, marking the fifth flight for the Zhuque-2 series, according to a company statement.
Beijing-based LandSpace became the world's first company to launch a methane-liquid oxygen rocket in July 2023, ahead of U.S. rivals including Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin.
The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) was founded in 1958. It was the first of China's four spaceports. The launch center has been the focus of many of China's historic space ventures, including the country's first satellite Dong Fang Hong I in 1970 and their first crewed space mission, Shenzhou V, on October 15, 2003. JSLC is now a home for many new Chinese commercial space launch firms, like Landspace.
Duration: 3 minutes, 39 seconds
Release Date: May 23, 2025
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