China’s first space station, Tiangong-1, is expected to do an uncontrolled re-entry on April 1st, +/- 4 days, though the error bars vary depending on the source ...

China’s Tiangong-1 space station has been completely out of control for months now, and space agencies from all over the world are expecting it to come crashing down to Earth in early 2018.

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A previous prototype space station, called Tiangong-1, launched in 2011, and was retired in 2018, crashing down to Earth after the ground operators lost control during the de-orbit operation.

China's Shenzhou-16 crew have a "garden of vegetables in space. "The plants that grow in the garden are watered in the ...

Breathing New Air Chinese astronauts claim to have created rocket fuel on board the country's Tiangong space station using a ...

Two Chinese astronauts completed an 8.5-hour spacewalk on Jan. 20, a sojourn that installed debris shielding outside the ...

For optical astronomy, the space station will be accompanied by the Xuntian telescope, which can be translated to “survey the ...

"Xiao Hang" could one day help astronauts carry out maintenance tasks in orbit. Astronauts aboard China's Tiangong space station have been getting some assistance from an "intelligent" robot.

While the future of the nearly 23-year-old International Space Station remains uncertain after 2024, China says its newly equipped Tiangong station will be up and running by next year.