Astronauts on China's Tiangong station used artificial photosynthesis to turn CO₂ and water into oxygen and rocket fuel.

Chinese astronauts aboard the Tiangong space station have successfully produced oxygen and rocket fuel through artificial photosynthesis. This development could play a crucial role in China's future ...

Chinese astronaut conduct a spherical flame experiment during an orbit to ground space lecture using a match and a candle.

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

Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong, part of China's three-person Shenzhou 19 mission, completed an 8.5-hour extravehicular activity ...

After China's first "space fish farming" experiment yielded fruitful results, the "fish astronauts" are expected to embark on another journey to Tiangong Space Station this year to help scientists ...

This mission marked a pivotal moment for China's human spaceflight program as it successfully docked with the Tiangong-1 space laboratory module. Shenzhou 8 was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite ...

2012: Tiangong-1/Shenzhou-9 (China): China successfully docked its Shenzhou-9 spacecraft with the Tiangong-1 space lab module, a key step in their space station program. Mastering this technology ...

"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.