Today is an important day for China's space agency. No, the country isn't launching anything new into space, and in fact, it's sort of the opposite. The Tiangong-2 space station is coming back down to ...

China’s second space lab will return to Earth in a controlled demolition Friday, according to the country’s space agency. Most of the craft will burn up in the atmosphere, but a small amount of debris ...

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

China released new pictures of its Tiangong space station Tuesday as Chinese astronauts and space officials made a public relations visit to Hong Kong. These images, taken about a month ago, show the ...

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A view of the Tianzhou-8 cargo spacecraft from Tiangong space station's Tianhe core module. Credit: CMSEO HELSINKI — A cargo spacecraft has arrived at China’s Tiangong space station, delivering ...

Chinese astronauts have implemented protection measures against space junk on the Tiangong space station following an incident where debris cracked the window of the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft. This led ...

China has been dreaming of someday becoming a powerhouse in space exploration. Now, the country is inching closer to its dream after it finished the construction of the Tiangong space station last Oct ...

Tiangong ( above the surface. It is China's first long-term space station, part of the Tiangong program and the core of the "Third Step" of the China Manned Space Program; it has a pressurised volume ...