Wentian is a major step towards completing the orbital outpost. The station is one of the crown jewels of Beijing’s ambitious space programme. China’s Tiangong space station is due to be completed this year. Astronauts entered the new lab module of China’s space station for the first time Monday, in a major step towards completing … Read more
The spacecraft docked at the Tiangong station after about “seven hours of flight. Beijing is also planning to build a base on the Moon. China has been excluded from the International Space Station since 2011. Three Chinese astronauts docked at the country’s space station on Sunday, marking a new milestone in Beijing’s push to become … Read more
Three Chinese astronauts have returned to earth, after experiencing the longest crewed mission till-this-date, on Saturday. China’s space program has allowed the astronauts to go aboard their country’s newest orbital station. The live telecast was shown to the public. The Shenzou 13 space capsule landed in the Gobi desert, in the northern region of Inner … Read more
BEIJING: Chinese web users slammed billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday after Beijing said its space station took evasive action to avoid hitting two of his SpaceX satellites, dealing a blow to the tycoon’s reputation in a country that has embraced his Tesla electric cars. China’s Tiangong space station was forced to take “preventive collision avoidance control” … Read more
