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China's Tiangong 1 spacecraft and Long March 2F rocket is pictured at the launch site after being transferred from a facility at the Jiuquan Satellite Launching Center.

China became the third country ever to launch a human into space in 2003 and has been expanding its space program ever since. Get the latest news about China's space program, launches and space missions.

A Chinese Long March rocket launched on July 27, delivering a navigation satellite into orbit.
One of the largest known meteorites may have been found in a remote region of China.
The rockets launched from the United States, Russia, China and India in a bustling space week.
China launched a new data relay satellite to prepare for a planned spaceship docking try.
Case your vote for the most memorable photo of the human spaceflight era.
U.S. power brokers aren't sure how to handle China's rapidly expanding space capabilities, according to testimony at a recent congressional hearing.
White House: China Is Potential Partner in Future Mars Exploration
New details are emerging about Tiangong, China's first space station.
From International Orange to space-age silver, Astronauts' spacesuits have a varied and colorful history. The United States has used at least eight distinct spacesuit models throughout its roughly 50 years of manned spaceflight. Meanwhile, Russia and Chin
China is ready to carry out a multiphase construction program that leads to a large space station around 2020.
The United States and China both shot down their own satellites using advanced missiles in a mutual show of military strength, documents published in the U.K.'s Telegraph newspaper showed.
A new century of lunar exploration sees private space entrepreneurs join countries eager for glory.
What counts as a Sputnik Moment — and is the United States having one right now?
China is ramping up its space exploration program, with recently announced goals to build a manned space station by 2020 and send a spacecraft to Mars as early as 2013.
China is ramping up its space program, with recently announced goals to build a manned space station by 2020 and send a spacecraft to Mars as early as 2013.
China successfully orbited a military communications satellite Wednesday (Nov. 24) on a Long March rocket.
U.S.-Chinese cooperation in human spaceflight could yield astounding results, according to NASA's chief.
An unmanned Chinese probe has photographed the moon's Bay of Rainbows, where the nation plans to make its first-ever lunar landing in 2013.