China's Shenzhou 23 astronaut mission launched Sunday (May 24) to relieve an overdue crew on the Tiangong space station.

In early January 2025, a Chinese satellite called Shijian-25 pulled off something no spacecraft had done before: it docked with another satellite already circling Earth and pumped fuel into it. The mission,

China launched its crewed Shenzhou-23 spacecraft and eased it into a successful docking with a space station early Monday as part of Beijing's ambitions to send humans to the Moon by 2030, state

The 43-year-old police officer and mother of three serves as the team's payload scientist.

China launched embryo-like structures made from living human stem cells to its Tiangong space station for a first-of-its-kind experiment. The artificial embryos flew on board the

China sent three astronauts to its space station on Sunday, one of whom will stay for a ​year, a record length for the country, enabling the study of long-duration human physiology in space as Beijing works towards its ambition of a crewed moon ‌landing by 2030.

JIUQUAN, China — A Chinese spaceship carrying a three-person crew has docked with China's new space station at the start of a three-month mission, marking a milestone in the country's ambitious space program. The Shenzhou-12 craft connected with the ...

Hong Kong (CNN) — Three Chinese astronauts have been forced to extend their six-month stay in space over concerns their return ship may have been hit by debris, China’s space agency said. Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie were due to return to ...

A suspected strike by "tiny space debris" has delayed the return of the Chinese spaceship Shenzhou-20 and three astronauts, Beijing's space agency said on Wednesday. "The Shenzhou-20 manned spacecraft is suspected of being hit by a tiny piece of space ...