The Shenzhou-20 spacecraft was deemed not safe enough to return its crew after the cracks were found, prompting an orbital ...

China’s Tiangong Space Station received new debris shields following a high-speed impact that fractured Shenzhou-20’s window, ...

Chinese astronauts have implemented protection measures against space junk on the Tiangong space station following an incident where debris cracked the window of the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft. This led ...

The ability of Russia to launch astronauts to the International Space Station remains in limbo after an incident last week at the Baikonur base in Kazakhstan.

China's Shenzhou-20 spacecraft, initially set to return its crew from a six-month mission on Beijing's Tiangong space station, was grounded mid-mission due to a crack in the return capsule's window.

BEIJING, Dec 1 - China's first crewed spacecraft to be ruled unfit to fly in mid-mission will be sent back to Earth for ...

Tiangong artificial photosynthesis turns CO₂ and water into oxygen and rocket fuel, reshaping life support and deep-space mission planning.

Shenzhou 21 Taikonauts Zhang Lu, Zhang Hongzhang and Wu Fei — are stuck aboard the Tiangong space station until a new vessel arrives. Here's what's happening now.

China has launched the Shenzhou 22 spacecraft to help bring back a team of astronauts after a damaged spacecraft left them temporarily stranded on China's Tiangong space station ...

The docking restores a safe lifeboat for the three astronauts aboard Tiangong. While emergency return via the damaged Shenzhou-20 was technically possible, controllers deemed the cracked window too ...

China's Shenzhou-22 mission blasted off on Tuesday as the country looks to plug safety risks to its crewed spaceflight program and space station after a vessel was damaged in orbit earlier this month.

The spacecraft will travel to China's permanently inhabited Tiangong space station, where three astronauts currently reside with no flightworthy vessel that could return them to Earth in the event of ...