China has begun hardening its Tiangong space station against the growing threat of orbital debris, installing new layers of ...

The Shenzhou-20 spacecraft was deemed not safe enough to return its crew after the cracks were found, prompting an orbital ...

BEIJING, China -- China's defunct and reportedly out-of-control Tiangong 1 space station is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere sometime this weekend. It poses only a slight risk to people and ...

The Shenzhou 20 vehicle was deemed unfit to carry astronauts back to Earth after suffering a space junk strike.

China's uncrewed Shenzhou 22 spacecraft arrived at the Tiangong space station early Tuesday morning (Nov. 25), giving the three astronauts living there a safe way to get home.

Three veteran Chinese astronauts are stuck – for now – aboard the Tiangong space station after their return capsule was hit and damaged by space debris fragments. China's space agency has not revealed ...

Three Chinese astronauts won’t be returning to Earth this week as planned. Officials say their spaceship capsule may have been hit with space debris, causing damage. The crew, which has been in space ...

China's Shenzhou-20 spacecraft took a hit from a piece of space debris floating through orbit, causing Chinese officials to delay the spacecraft's return from its Tiangong space station in early ...

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center — China launched its Shenzhou-21 spacecraft on Friday, carrying a new three-person crew to man the country's Tiangong space station on a mission focused on scientific ...

BEIJING (AP) — Three Chinese astronauts returned from their nation's space station Friday after more than a week's delay because the return capsule they had planned to use was damaged, likely from ...

This was the 19th time taikonauts aboard Tiangong have conducted extravehicular activity. A pair of taikonauts have completed their first spacewalk aboard China's Tiangong space station, according to ...

For decades, if astronauts wanted to enjoy a nice Sunday roast, they’d have to make due with congealed meat paste from a tube. Now that finally appears to be changing — at least according to video ...