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JIUQUAN, China — 24 May 2026, China launched three astronauts to its Tiangong space station on Sunday night, beginning a mission expected to result in the country’s first year-long human stay in orbit ...

China launched its Shenzhou-23 spacecraft, with three astronauts on board, and eased it into a successful docking with a ...

China successfully launches the Shenzhou-23 mission to the Tiangong Space Station. Read about the historic crew, a year-long orbit experiment, and how it accelerates China's 2030 Moon landing goals.

NASA and Roscosmos monitor a persistent vacuum breach in the Zvezda module of the ageing ISS.

China launched the Shenzhou-23 spacecraft late Sunday, sending the first Hong Kong astronaut into orbit and marking another step in Beijing’s expanding human-spaceflight program. A Long March 2F ...

China launched its crewed Shenzhou-23 spacecraft and eased it into a successful docking with a space station early Monday as ...

China launched its crewed Shenzhou-23 spacecraft and eased it into a successful docking with a space station early Monday as part of Beijing's ambitions to send humans to the moon by 2030, state media ...

China launched three astronauts to its space station. One astronaut will stay for a year, a record for the country. This ...