Three astronauts enter China's space station module after successful launchEarlier in the day, the spacecraft lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China. Minutes later, the official at t...
China launches mission to complete space station assemblyThe Shenzhou 14 crew will spend six months on the Tiangong station, during which they will oversee the addition of two laboratory modules t...
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 ...
Chinese astronauts conduct first manual rendezvous and docking experiment at space stationThis is the second manned mission for China's space station. Earlier, three other astronauts - Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo - r...
China says its space station will be ready this yearOnce ready, China will be the only country to own a space station of its own as the International Space Station (ISS) of Russia is a collab...
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...
China successfully launches cargo spacecraft to dock with space station moduleThe Long March-7 Y3 rocket, carrying Tianzhou-2, blasted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the coast of the southern island p...
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...
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.
China to launch record number of 30 space missions this yearThe record-breaking space launches will be launched by Long March-5 and Long March-7 rockets. Long March-5 is China's largest carrier rocke...
China plans to become first country to land on far side of moonChina will continue its lunar exploration project in the next five years, and strive to attain the automated extra-terrestrial sampling and...
Chinese astronauts to return after longest space missionChinese astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong have lived and worked in space for 30 days.
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...
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...
China plans to put rover on Mars by 2020: Space scientistA feasibility study on China's first Mars mission is completed and the goal is now to send an orbiter and rover to Mars, a leading Chinese ...
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...
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...