China just sent a new batch of supplies toward its Tiangong space station. A Long March 7 rocket lifted off from Wenchang ...

China launches Tianzhou-9 to Tiangong space station with record cargo and upgraded EVA suits China launched a new cargo spacecraft to its Tiangong space station Monday to deliver astronaut supplies, ...

The cargo craft Tianzhou-9 successfully docked at the rear docking port of Tianhe, the core module of China's ...

Shenzhou-20 taikonauts who are currently staying and working in the orbiting China Tiangong Space Station have opened the ...

China landed its mysterious reusable space plane after nine months in Earth's orbit.; Chinese state news agency Xinhua hailed the 276-day flight as a "success" and an "important breakthrough." The ...

At 8:52 a.m. (Beijing Time), Tianzhou-9 successfully docked at the rear docking port of Tianhe, the core module of China's ...

A major drop in cost occurred in 2010 with the Falcon 9 at $2,700/kg. The Falcon Heavy reduced ... In 2024, SpaceX launched almost twice as many rockets as China, the number two in space travel. Of ...

Wang is China’s second woman in space, after fellow astronaut Liu Yang. In 2012, Liu made history by joining a three-person crew on the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft – a milestone celebrated by women ...

The Shenzhou 9 space docking mission will launch China's first woman astronaut into orbit and ferry the first crew to a space station prototype. Liu Yang, age 34, is China’s first female astronaut.

Chinese private rocket firm Space Epoch said on Thursday it had successfully run a flight recovery test, as China looks to catch up with the United States by developing its own version of a ...

As we come to the end of 2023, it is an apt time to revisit China’s priorities for its space program. In President Xi Jinping’s speech at the 20th Party Congress in October 2022, space ...

China launched a rocket carrying three astronauts to its newly completed space station as part of the country’s Shenzhou 15 mission. Credit Credit... Li You/The New York Times ...