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

China’s Tiangong Space Station received new debris shields following a high-speed impact that fractured Shenzhou-20’s window, ...

Chinese astronauts have implemented protection measures against space junk on the Tiangong space station following an incident where debris cracked the window of the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft. This led ...

The ability of Russia to launch astronauts to the International Space Station remains in limbo after an incident last week at the Baikonur base in Kazakhstan.

China's Shenzhou-20 spacecraft, initially set to return its crew from a six-month mission on Beijing's Tiangong space station, was grounded mid-mission due to a crack in the return capsule's window.

BEIJING, Dec 1 - China's first crewed spacecraft to be ruled unfit to fly in mid-mission will be sent back to Earth for ...

China’s first emergency mission to its Tiangong space station has turned a routine program into a live test of crisis response, and it passed that test in a way that will not go unnoticed in ...

China has successfully launched an ersatz Shenzhou-22 vehicle to bring the next batch of astronauts, who arrived at the station on October 31 ...

BEIJING (AP) — China launched the Shenzhou 22 spacecraft on Tuesday to help bring back a team of astronauts after a damaged spacecraft left them temporarily stranded on China’s space station. The ...

China successfully launched the Shenzhou 22 spacecraft on Tuesday to assist in the return of three astronauts stranded on the Tiangong space station. This mission is part of the country’s efforts to ...

The docking restores a safe lifeboat for the three astronauts aboard Tiangong. While emergency return via the damaged Shenzhou-20 was technically possible, controllers deemed the cracked window too ...

China's Shenzhou-22 mission blasted off on Tuesday as the country looks to plug safety risks to its crewed spaceflight program and space station after a vessel was damaged in orbit earlier this month.