Tiangong Space Station

Explained: Is the US in a space race against China?

Experts have pointed to China’s rapid advancements in space as evidence of an emerging landscape where Beijing is directly competing with Washington for supremacy. But in several key areas, America is far ahead

US to keenly observe activity in space for potential risk as China increases activity in low Earth orbit

Last month, the Chinese space programme launched the final three modules of its Tiangong Space Station and stationed a crew of three astronauts for a brief period. China built its own space station with little to no help from any other country.

China plans to send monkeys to the Tiangong space station to study how they reproduce in space

Believing that long-term space exploration will require such experiments, a team of Chinese scientists are planning to send macaque monkeys to the Tiangong Space Station and study how the reproduce.

China now has their own space station, successfully dock the final module of the Tiangong space station

The US govt. banned NASA from working with Beijing in 2011. The Chinese govt., in a span of two years, sent up the core module, three manned spacecraft, the Wentian lab module and several cargo spacecraft to build their own space station.

China has yet another uncontrollable, falling rocket reentering the Earth's atmosphere

China, like always refuses to take responsibility for its falling rocket, instead claiming that it will burn up on re-entry. However, on three separate occasions, metal from their rockets has made impact on the Earth. Once, they managed to damage an entire village.

Beyond the Moon: How China is trying to fulfil its 'space dream'

China has successfully launched the final module of its Tiangong space station, a landmark moment in the country's space ambitions. The Asian giant has come a long way in catching up with the United States and Russia in space exploration

China’s giant rocket booster plummeting to earth and no one is sure where it will land

The 21-tonne, 10-storey Long March 5B rocket, floating in the low-Earth orbit, was part of the Wentian space station module launched on Sunday from China's tropical island of Hainan

China launches crewed mission to complete space station construction

The team of three will spend six months expanding the Tiangong space station, which is expected to become fully operational by the end of the year