China to send youngest-ever crew to space stationChina will send its youngest-ever crew of astronauts to the Tiangong space station this week, officials said Wednesday, as Beijing pursues ...
26 Oct, 2023, 03.23 PM IST
China to send astronauts to Moon by 2030 as space race intensifiesChina on Monday announced plans to send a manned mission to the moon by 2030 for lunar scientific exploration, amid its deepening space rac...
30 May, 2023, 05.34 PM IST
China launches Shenzhou-16 mission to Chinese space station: State mediaThe spacecraft, Shenzhou-16, or "Divine Vessel", and its three passengers lifted off atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite...
30 May, 2023, 07.28 AM IST
China lifts off 3 astronauts to its space station as it marks presence in spaceWe witnessed three astronauts lift off toward China's space station, which marks the country's presence in space. The space station is almo...
01 Dec, 2022, 01.20 AM IST
China sends astronauts to 'Celestial Palace' in historic space missionThe trio will take over from the Shenzhou-14 crew who arrived in early June. The previous crew members are expected to return to Earth in e...
29 Nov, 2022, 09.37 PM IST
China announces crew for Shenzhou-14 manned space missionThe Shenzhou-14 spacecraft carrying astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe will dock with the Tiangong space station currently under ...
04 Jun, 2022, 11.39 AM IST
Rocket blasts off carrying first Chinese crew to new space stationLift-off happened at 9:22 am (0122 GMT) from the Jiuquan launch centre in northwest China's Gobi desert, with the rocket rising in clouds o...
17 Jun, 2021, 03.14 PM IST
Official: Chinese astronauts go to space station next monthThe Tianhe, or Heavenly Harmony, is the third and largest space station launched by China's increasingly ambitious space programme. Its cor...
30 May, 2021, 07.07 PM IST
China's experimental space lab to re-enter atmosphere on July 19The space lab has worked in orbit over 1,000 days, much longer than its two-year designed life.
13 Jul, 2019, 03.40 PM IST
China establishes highest military awardA list of 17 candidates nominated by the PLA, the armed police force and public security force have been made public to receive comments bo...
12 Jun, 2017, 08.54 PM IST
Chinese astronauts to return after longest space missionChinese astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong have lived and worked in space for 30 days.
17 Nov, 2016, 05.00 PM IST
China set to launch its manned space mission tomorrowThe mission will be carried out with a Long March-2F carrier rocket, Wu Ping, Deputy Director of China's manned space engineering office sa...
17 Oct, 2016, 01.00 AM IST
China to launch its manned mission tomorrowThe mission will be carried out with a Long March-2F carrier rocket, Wu Ping, Deputy Director of China's manned space engineering office sa...
16 Oct, 2016, 01.23 PM IST
China's 2nd space lab reaches Jiuquan Satellite Launch CentreTiangong-2 is capable of receiving manned and cargo spaceships and will be a testing place for systems and processes for mid-term space sta...
10 Jul, 2016, 02.43 PM IST
China deploys new generation rocket for space missionsIt has taken researchers eight years to develop the new-generation Long March-7 rocket, which can carry up to 13.5 tonnes to low Earth orbi...
08 May, 2016, 03.28 PM IST
China to launch second orbiting space lab Tiangong-2China already launched its first space lab, Tiangong-1, in September 2011 and has conducted two dockings with the module in the following t...
28 Feb, 2016, 03.08 PM IST
China builds new center to launch space stationChina's fourth and most advanced space launch center which will boost the carrying capacity of Chinese rockets manifold is set to launch th...
26 Oct, 2014, 05.46 PM IST