China’s first emergency mission to its Tiangong space station has turned a routine program into a live test of crisis ...

China has activated its first crewed emergency launch to the Tiangong space station, sending a Shenzhou spacecraft on a rapid ...

A damaged return capsule on the Tiangong space station triggered a rare rescue launch six months ahead of schedule.

China has launched the Shenzhou 22 spacecraft to help bring back a team of astronauts after a damaged spacecraft left them ...

NASA relies on its private industry partners and Russia’s Soyuz capsules to send astronauts to space and back. China’s ...

Wang Jie, Chen Zhongrui and Chen Dong — will be extending their stay aboard China's Tiangong space station after their return capsule was struck by a presumed piece of orbital debris on Wednesday.

FILE - Journalists film Chinese astronauts for the upcoming Shenzhou 20 mission, from left, Wang Jie, captain Chen Dong and Chen Zhongrui wave at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China ...

The astronauts were on a six-month rotation at the space station and had been originally scheduled to return Nov 5, four days after the new crew arrived.

China launches TJS-21 towards Molniya orbit, lofts trio of Shijian-30 spacecraft China conducted a pair of launches last week ...

The Shenzhou-22 spacecraft that China launched on November 25 has already reached the Tiangong space station, according to ...