China’s space station crew to ‘maximise opportunities’ with extra month in orbit
The three astronauts stationed on China’s Tiangong space station will extend their stay by around a month, state…
Is China’s commercial rocket now cheaper than Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9?
The Kinetica-2 Y1 carrier rocket, also known as the Lijian-2 Y1, took off on its inaugural flight on…
Chinese astronauts inspect debris-damaged Shenzhou-20 spacecraft during spacewalk
HELSINKI — Two Shenzhou-21 astronauts embarked on the mission’s first spacewalk late Monday, inspecting and photographing a damaged…
Stranded Chinese astronauts to return to Earth aboard new crew’s spacecraft
Three astronauts on board China’s Tiangong space station – whose launch back to Earth was delayed last week…
China has big ambitions in space and the Arctic. Should the West be worried?
In 2003, a decade after the humiliation of the Yinhe incident – when a Chinese container ship was…
How many space stations orbit Earth today? 5 most famous stations that defined space exploration
The ISS is a joint project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan),…