Tiangong

After 13 years, two Chinese taikonauts complete first spacewalk at new space station

For seven hours, two astronauts — Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo — wore their newly developed suits that weigh about 130 kgs.

China launches three astronauts to its Tiangong-3 space station: Everything you need to know

The astronauts and a module was launched to Tiangong-3 today, 17 June at 6:52 am IST onboard a Long March-2F Y12 rocket.

Chinese cargo spacecraft successfully docks with core space station module

China is open to foreign collaboration on their space station and ESA has already sent astronauts to China to train.

China postpones launch of second space station module for technical reasons

The Tianzhou-2 cargo craft was expected to carry essentials like food and space suits to the core module that's already in space.

China will soon have a monopoly on space stations as it begins construction of Tiangong

The ISS is coming to its natural end and is scheduled to be decommissioned after 2024 to leave place for the Lunar Gateway.

NASA chief Jim Bridenstine cautions Congress against China's soon to launch space station

The station is named Tiangong, meaning Heavenly Palace and Chinese media announced it was partnering with 23 entities from 17 countries to carry out scientific experiments on board.