China race to bring rocks back from Mars to a ‘tit-for-tat’ orbital stand-off, here are some of the year’s most notable space ...

Taikonauts Zhang Lu and Wu Fei installed debris protection panels on China's Tiangong during an eight-hour spacewalk.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Maxar Technologies Since 1998, when the International Space Station (ISS) launched, there ...

CNSA’s 2026 space missions will take China’s space program to new heights. From Chang’e‑7 Lunar Mission to the Xuntian space ...

China Shenzhou 22 spacecraft docked with the Tiangong space station only a few hours after launch. It will serve as a ...

China completed its Tiangong space station in 2022 and aims to keep it permanently occupied with crew for at least a decade.

This was the 19th time taikonauts aboard Tiangong have conducted extravehicular activity. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A pair ...

The drill simulated a space station decompression event after a debris hit. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. China's Shenzhou 18 ...

China launched a fresh three-man crew to the Tiangong space station Tuesday evening (U.S. time) to replace three fellow "taikonauts" wrapping up a six-month stay in space. It is the second such crew ...

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 ...

China has completed the remarkable feat of building and deploying its third space station, Tiangong, in a mere two years. Translated, Tiangong means "Palace in the Sky," and this new space station ...

China has begun hardening its Tiangong space station against the growing threat of orbital debris, installing new layers of ...