Both Tiangong-1 and 2 are first generation space ... more docking tests, and did space station maintenance by replacing interior cladding and working on the seal rings. The crew also gave a ...

China has a space station — it’s called Tiangong, the first module was launched in 2021, and it’s all going quite swimmingly, thank you very much. That’s essentially what we know about the ...

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.

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.

Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong, part of China's three-person Shenzhou 19 mission, completed an 8.5-hour extravehicular activity (EVA) — or spacewalk — at 12:12 p.m. EST on Jan. 20 (1712 GMT; 1:12 a.m.

The Shenzhou-15 crew keeps fit with a "space bike," a "resistance device" and a "space treadmill" aboard the Tiangong space ...

Onboard the Chinese Tiangong space station, flies play a key role in studying the effects of weightlessness and the space environment on living organisms. Last November, 15 adult flies and 40 ...

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

The missions aim to provide flexible options and redundancy for supplying the Tiangong space station, while also illustrating ... rocket no earlier than September. Qingzhou-1 is a single-module ...

Astronauts aboard China's Tiangong space station have been getting some assistance from an "intelligent" robot. Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze — the crew of the current Shenzhou 19 ...

1:12 a.m. Beijing time on Jan. 21). The pair were supported by crewmate Wang Haoze from inside the Tiangong space station. Mission commander Cai and Song completed multiple tasks before returning ...