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![A Shenzhou 16 astronaut vacuums on board China's Tiangong space station.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9ra45LYcgumu3zpeqfbJaE-320-80.jpg)
Watch China's Shenzhou 16 astronauts clean the Tiangong space station (video)
By Andrew Jones published
China's Shenzhou 16 astronauts have been working hard to keep the Tiangong space station neat and clean, as a newly released video shows.
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China sends record-setting Tianzhou 5 cargo spacecraft to fiery death (video)
By Andrew Jones published
Tianzhou 5, which docked with China's Tiangong space station just two hours after launching last November, has completed its orbital tasks and met its fiery fate.
![a white rocket lifts off from a launch pad with green hills and cloudy skies in the background.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MAqLEpCBYLPqDYzx3LsSQn-320-80.jpg)
China launches Yaogan 40 spy satellite on Long March 6A rocket (video)
By Andrew Jones published
China launched a new classified Yaogan satellite on Sunday (Sept. 10), continuing the country’s recent rapid launch rate.
![astronauts on the moon planting a Chinese flag](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Yxs7FVNobFmitS8AA74wck-320-80.jpg)
China wants ideas to name spaceship and lander for astronauts on the moon
By Andrew Jones published
China is looking for names for two spacecraft which will deliver astronauts to the surface of the moon.
![a rocket launch](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gEkdxhxvusuAeFbqEzhscE-320-80.jpg)
China launches classified Yaogan remote sensing satellites (video)
By Andrew Jones published
Two separate launches within a week boost the country's remote sensing capabilities.
![3D illustration of Tiangong, the Chinese space station, orbiting Earth, with Earth in the background.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/v7r5vQPLWWXgjTx26gp6LZ-320-80.jpg)
Amazing satellite video shows China's space station come together in Earth orbit (video)
By Andrew Jones published
An Australian company has released images showing how China constructed its Tiangong space station.
![snaking rover tracks in the gray dirt of the moon.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TL3aenZH4krPheV3BMekra-320-80.jpeg)
China's Yutu 2 rover reveals deep layers below far side of the moon
By Andrew Jones published
A team of scientists have put together an image of the layers beneath the surface of the far side of the moon using data from China's Yutu 2 rover.
![the orange exhaust plume from a launching rocket lights up a black night sky](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2HAEFLj6GAbGvWLebmLP5g-320-80.jpg)
China launches Gaofen Earth-observation satellite (video)
By Andrew Jones published
China added to its fleet of Earth-observation satellites with a new launch on Sunday (Aug. 20), sending a Gaofen 12 spacecraft to orbit.
![The farside of the moon, photographed by Apollo 13, hands upside-down over the blackness of space](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WaYWkeUiiTpNatnWkDASfb-320-80.jpg)
China's rover maps 1,000 feet of hidden 'structures' deep below the dark side of the moon
By Isobel Whitcomb published
Scientists were able to visualize the upper 1,000 feet of the moon's surface for the first time. Their results reveal billions of years of previously hidden lunar history.
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