China Space Program

Chinese scientists are analyzing rice, Thale cress and other plants after the country's Shenzhou 14 astronaut crew cultivated samples in space and brought them back to Earth.

China is now looking to launch its first planetary defense test mission a year earlier than planned and on a larger rocket.

The Kuaizhou 11 rocket, which is operated by the Chinese company Expace, has performed its first successful launch, two years after failing its first test flight.

Three astronauts who helped finish the construction of China's Tiangong space station are back in Beijing to start the recovery process after spending half a year in orbit.

China's Shenzhou 14 astronauts have handed over control of the Tiangong space station and returned to Earth.

Three astronauts who spent six months in space constructing China's new space station are set to return home on Sunday (Dec. 4).

The three astronauts about to take control of China's Tiangong space station have an action-packed six months ahead of them.

China currently has six astronauts in orbit for the first time as the country carries out a space station crew handover.

China has completed the construction of the Daocheng Solar Radio Telescope (DSRT), the world's largest array of telescopes dedicated to studying the sun and how its behavior affects Earth.

China has made a breakthrough in its quest to develop reusable launch vehicles like SpaceX’s Falcon 9.

A Long March 2F rocket launched the three-person Shenzhou 15 mission toward the Tiangong space station today (Nov. 29) at 10:08 a.m. EST (1508 GMT).

China's latest launch on Sunday (Nov. 27) put three new secretive Yaogan spy satellites into orbit as questions arise about their purpose.

China is poised to launch three astronauts to its Tiangong space station on Tuesday morning (Nov. 29), and you can watch the action live.

China just unveiled the crew that will launch on its Shenzhou 15 mission on Tuesday (Nov. 29) and spend the next six months in space.

China's recently launched Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S) has returned its first image, showing an M-class flare erupting on the sun.

A novel "lobster eye" telescope aboard a small Chinese satellite has delivered its first images, paving the way for more complex future missions using its technology.

China is gearing up to send a new crew up to the newly-completed space station on the Shenzhou 15 mission.

China's Shenzhou 14 astronauts just conducted a spacewalk to carry out work on the newly arrived Mengtian space station module.

China launched its 53rd rocket of 2022 on Wednesday (Nov. 16), bringing it three launches shy of tying the record 56 liftoffs the country set last year.

China's Shenzhou 14 astronauts have opened up and entered the Tianzhou 5 cargo spacecraft after its docking at the country's newly completed space station.