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 ...

The Mengtian module was launched into orbit and docked with the Tiangong space station, the latest step in Beijing’s effort to surpass the United States in space exploration. By Keith Bradsher ...

On Monday, China's space program successfully launched another large piece of its space station. The 23-ton Mengtian module will provide pressurized volume for scientific experiments and is the final ...

China is nearly ready to launch the third and final piece of its modular crewed space station. A Long March 5B heavy-lift rocket rolled out to the pad at Wenchang spaceport on Hainan island early ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is due to retire soon, plunging into the South Pacific Ocean after being dragged down ...

China has been operating its completed Tiangong orbital outpost for almost two years now — and is looking to expand its capabilities with new modules and spacecraft. The three-module, T-shaped ...

China launched its third and final module Monday in its effort to complete its permanent space station as competition with the United States continues to intensify. Mengtian was launched into space ...

An image from Tianhe panoramic camera A during the first Shenzhou-13 spacewalk in November 2021. Credit: CMSA/CCTV/Chinese Academy of Sciences HELSINKI — China is planning to expand its Tiangong space ...

A pair of Chinese astronauts spent eight hours outside their space station last weekend to carry out repairs on the facility. It was the second extravehicular activity, or spacewalk, of the ongoing ...

Sierra Space successfully finished its third module test for the Blue Origin-led Orbital Reef private space complex for NASA, on the long road to replace the International Space Station. When you ...

Come the end of this decade the International Space Station (ISS) will cease to exist. In orbit around our planet since 1998, the orbital laboratory housed over the years hundreds of members of the ...