Beijing marks its most active year in space as crewed Shenzhou missions, Tiangong resupply flights, and a surge in commercial ...

The rocket carrying Lt. Col. Yang Liwei, a 38-year-old fighter pilot turned astronaut, streaked into a clear blue sky at precisely 9 a.m. (9 p.m. EDT Tuesday) from a Gobi Desert launch pad in China's ...

This year marks NASA's 50th anniversary, and the space agency is developing and testing vehicles, spacesuits and dwellings that will be able to stand up to the moon's harsh conditions, hoping to meet ...

If we are sending manned interstellar missions to other star systems, it becomes very hard to keep masses and power levels nearly reasonable. Interstellar travel missions really work out better after ...

January 2nd has long been a day marked by remarkable events across the globe, touching on various facets of human achievement, culture, and history. From ...

(Hector RETAMAL/AFP/AFP) The crew for China's next manned flight to its space station will include the country's youngest astronaut to undertake a space mission, authorities said Thursday, as well as ...

The space race between the United States and China is intensifying, with both countries conducting rocket activities in their contest for dominance outside Earth's atmosphere. On August 12, the U.S.

Simulation of Shenzhou-21 docking with Tiangong space station. Credit: State media Xinhua China’s Shenzhou-21 crewed spacecraft has successfully entered orbit and docked with the Tiangong space ...

The successful launch of the Bluebird Block-2 satellite using India's LVM3-M6 rocket has bolstered the nation's human spaceflight aspirations with the Gaganyaan program. ISRO's strategic enhancements ...

The first manned space mission to the International Space Station since an unprecedented accident in October, which raised concerns about Moscow's Soviet-designed spacecraft, will launch on Monday.