China will send a new team of astronauts to its space station on Thursday ... to achieve what President Xi Jinping describes as the Chinese people's "space dream".

The Tiangong, or “Heavenly Palace,” space station has made China a major contender in space, especially since it was entirely Chinese-built after the country was excluded from the ...

They will replace three astronauts currently on the Chinese space station. Like those before them, they will stay there for roughly six months. The three will launch for space Thursday evening in ...

alongside the International Space Station, launched in 1998. Since it started operating in 2021, it has only hosted Chinese astronauts. The mission is “a significant step in the ...

China on Wednesday announced that a veteran astronaut will this week lead two crew members on their first flight to the country's Tiangong space station ... became the first Chinese astronaut ...

China has launched three astronauts into space to replace the crew on the Chinese Tiangong space station, marking a further step in the country's ambitions for a crewed mission to the Moon and ...

Tiangong -- whose name means "celestial palace" in Chinese -- is the jewel in its crown. China has been excluded from the International Space Station since 2011, when the United States banned NASA ...