A spaceship carrying three astronauts from China's Shenzhou-18 mission safely docked at Tiangong space station Friday, state-run media reported, the latest step in Beijing's space programme that aims to send astronauts to the Moon by 2030.
Three astronauts will spend six months on China's space station. Some experts worry China's ambitious space program could pose a threat to U.S. space superiority and military effectiveness.
Last month, astronauts aboard China's Tiangong space station conducted a lengthy spacewalk to repair a solar array damaged by debris. Now, state media outlet Xinhua reports that those repairs were successful,
A crew of three astronauts from China's Shenzhou-18 mission took off on a rocket bound for the Tiangong space station Thursday, the latest mission in Beijing's space programme that aims
China’s space station crew carried out two spacewalks this past winter to repair the solar wings attached to the core module, which had been damaged by space debris.
Chinese space agency deputy director declares China on track to put astronauts on the moon by 2030 Shenzhou-18 crew expected to build a stable 'self-circulating aquatic ecosystem' and cultivate vertebrates in orbit: space authority China sent off a new three-person crew to its Tiangong space station in low Earth orbit on Thursday,
Farewell ceremony held ahead of the launch of China's Shenzhou-18 mission, crewed by three astronauts headed to its Tiangong space station from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.
China blasted three astronauts into space on Thursday. The mission is part of an ambitious program which will help pave the way for China to put a person on the moon before 2030.