Earlier this month, the China Manned Space Agency was forced to delay the return of three astronauts from its Tiangong space station after they discovered “tiny cracks” in their return capsule’s ...

Shenzhou 22 will carry home the three astronauts of the Shenzhou 21 mission, who had been without a lifeboat for 10 days. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

China’s space program spent 2025 pushing its launch cadence to new heights, testing reusable rockets at scale and managing ...

China is rounding off what has been a year of big progress in space, including major crewed lunar landing tests, new rockets ...

Three astronauts remain stuck on China's Tiangong space station after errant debris struck their return capsule last week. But their return vessel has already arrived, meaning a flight home will come ...

Three veteran Chinese astronauts are home after being stuck for more than a week longer than planned aboard the Tiangong space station. Their return capsule was hit and damaged by space debris ...

For decades, if astronauts wanted to enjoy a nice Sunday roast, they’d have to make due with congealed meat paste from a tube. Now that finally appears to be changing — at least according to video ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. BEIJING — China launched the Shenzhou 22 spacecraft on Tuesday to help bring back a team of astronauts after a ...

A view of Shenzhou-21 docked at the Tiangong space station, Oct. 31, 2025. Credit: CMSEO HELSINKI — China could be without emergency launch capability to Tiangong space station for months, leaving no ...

The Shenzhou-21 crew has been marooned on China's Tiangong space station after three of their colleagues were brought back to Earth in the wrong spacecraft. For now, the astronauts have no safe way of ...

Three astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after being stranded due to a rare space debris incident. The Chinese crew was transported on board a different vessel than the one they were originally ...

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