Chinese scientists monitor the docking of the Tiangong-1 space lab module and the Shenzhou VIII spacecraft in space at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the northwestern province of Gansu on ...

This still from a China space agency video shows the country's Tiangong 1 space lab module under construction for its planned 2011 launch. A Chinese Shenzhou spacecraft closes in on the country's ...

The core module of China's Tiangong space station has passed the milestone of 1,000 days in low Earth orbit. China launched the 54-foot-long (16.6 meters) module — named Tianhe, or "Harmony of the ...

A Chinese spaceship made a successful automated docking with an orbiting module on Thursday, marking one more small step toward full-fledged space station operations. The Shenzhou 10 spacecraft ...

China continues to progress in building its own space station, named Tiangong. This week the third module of the new station arrived in orbit and was added to the station, and Chinese astronauts ...

A panel discussion on the Tiangong space station at the International Astronautical Congress in Baku, Oct. 4, 2023. Credit: Andrew Jones/SpaceNews BAKU, Azerbaijan — China will send new modules to its ...

China has embarked on its first crewed space mission in almost five years, launching a trio of astronauts into orbit to occupy its under-construction space station. The crew will remain aboard the ...

A render of the Tiangong space station, showing the Mengtian module (left) after docking with the Tianhe module (right) docking hub. Credit: CMSA HELSINKI — A third module has arrived at China’s space ...

China’s space program is making impressive progress. The country only launched its first crewed flight in 2003, more than 40 years after the Soviet Union’s Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space ...