China says it's on track to land astronauts on the moon by 2030 ahead of space station missionChina announced its firm goal of landing astronauts on the moon by 2030, with development of the Long March 10 rocket and exploration vehic...
30 Oct, 2025, 09.42 AM IST
Shenzhou 20 Mission astronauts dock with Tiangong space station. Here’s what happenedChina’s Shenzhou 20 mission has docked with the Tiangong space station. The crew of three astronauts launched from Jiuquan and arrived on A...
25 Apr, 2025, 03.09 AM IST
China to launch new crewed mission into space this weekChina is preparing to launch the Shenzhou-20 mission this week, sending three astronauts to the Tiangong space station for a six-month stay...
22 Apr, 2025, 07.34 AM IST
China space station crew returns to Earth after 6 months in spaceThree Chinese astronauts came back to Earth after spending six months on China's Tiangong space station. Their capsule landed in Inner Mong...
04 Nov, 2024, 01.19 PM IST
China launches three-member Shenzhou-18 crew to its space station for six-month stayThe spacecraft Shenzhou-18, or "Divine Vessel", and its three passengers lifted off atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite ...
25 Apr, 2024, 06.48 PM IST
Race to Moon: India soft lands at moon; where are the rest?Russia's Luna-25 probe met with an untimely end after colliding with the Moon's surface ahead of a planned landing. Meanwhile, China is aim...
23 Aug, 2023, 07.03 PM IST
Giant Chinese spacecraft predicted to make 'uncontrolled entry' to Earth, read detailsThe Long March 5B was launched on October 31 on Halloween and is set to come back on the planet this Saturday.
04 Nov, 2022, 06.31 PM IST
Chinese booster rocket makes uncontrolled return to Earth: US officialsUS Space Command "can confirm the People's Republic of China (PRC) Long March 5B (CZ-5B) re-entered over the Indian Ocean at approx 10:45 a...
31 Jul, 2022, 07.45 AM IST
China prepares to launch rocket carrying space station suppliesBeijing has pumped billions into its space programme in a bid to make up ground on pioneers Russia and the United States, with ambitious pr...
19 May, 2021, 04.00 PM IST
Explainer: Why all the fuss over falling debris from China's most powerful rocket?The Long March 5B rocket successfully delivered its payload into orbit on April 29, in the first of 11 missions needed to complete China's ...
11 May, 2021, 12.00 PM IST
Pakistan amongst invitees to watch China's manned space flight launchShenzhou 11 capsule will be propelled by a Long March 2F rocket similar to the one which put the experimental space lab Tiangong-2 into orb...
16 Sep, 2016, 05.18 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
Make China a global space giant: Xi JinpingXi asked space scientists and engineers to "seize the strategic opportunity and keep innovating to make a greater contribution to the count...
24 Apr, 2016, 05.44 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 to launch record number of space flights this yearThe company said in a statement on its website, "This year will see more than 20 space launches, the most missions in a single year."
08 Jan, 2016, 02.59 PM IST
China plans to launch cargo ship into space by 2016China plans to launch a cargo ship into space in 2016 to serve the Tiangong-2 space laboratory which is currently in orbit, a Chinese space...
02 Mar, 2014, 12.16 PM IST