Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong, part of China's three-person Shenzhou 19 mission, completed an 8.5-hour extravehicular activity (EVA) — or spacewalk — at 12:12 p.m. EST on Jan. 20 (1712 GMT; 1:12 a.m.

The Shenzhou-15 crew keeps fit with a "space bike," a "resistance device" and a "space treadmill" aboard the Tiangong space ...

Astronauts on board China's "heavenly palace" space station have demonstrated a new way of making rocket fuel products and ...

People worldwide celebrate the Lunar New Year today, which occurs on the second new moon to follow the Winter Solstice.

Breathing New Air Chinese astronauts claim to have created rocket fuel on board the country's Tiangong space station using a ...

Astronauts on China's Tiangong space station successfully produce oxygen and rocket fuel using artificial photosynthesis, ...

Astronauts on China's Tiangong station used artificial photosynthesis to turn CO₂ and water into oxygen and rocket fuel.

Chinese astronauts claim have successfully developed artificial photosynthesis technology in orbit for the first time. This ...

This year, the Chinese station is slated for two cargo spacecraft missions and two manned spaceflight missions. China’s ambitious space program aims to put astronauts on the moon by 2030 ...

Two Chinese astronauts have completed the second spacewalk of their six-month-long mission in Earth orbit. Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong, part of China's three-person Shenzhou 19 mission ...

Shenzhou-19 astronauts Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong, and Wang Haoze sent their Spring Festival greetings from China's Tiangong ...

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