china space program

China's uncrewed Shenzhou 22 spacecraft arrived at the Tiangong space station early Tuesday morning (Nov. 25), giving the three astronauts living there a safe way to get home.

China launched its Shenzhou 22 mission tonight (Nov. 24), sending up an uncrewed spacecraft to be the ride home for the three astronauts currently living on the Tiangong space station.

China will launch an empty spacecraft to provide stranded astronauts a ride home, and you can watch the action live.

The three astronauts of China's Shenzhou 21 mission currently have no safe way to get home from the Tiangong space station in the event of an emergency. But that situation is likely to change soon.

The three astronauts of China's Shenzhou 20 mission headed back to Earth today (Nov. 13) after a week-long delay caused by a debris strike on their spacecraft.

Four Chinese rockets launched over the weekend, taking the nation's total for 2025 to a record-breaking 72 orbital missions.

Galactic Energy's Ceres-1 rocket suffered a failure of its upper stage during a launch on Sunday (Nov. 9), leading to the loss of all three payloads on board.

China's Tianwen 1 spacecraft has imaged the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS from Mars orbit, contributing to global efforts to study the rare visitor from beyond the solar system.

A NASA official said that China contacted the U.S. space agency recently to coordinate a satellite maneuver, marking the first time the Chinese side had reached out to its American counterpart.

The astronauts of China's three-person Shenzhou 20 mission will wait a little longer before returning to Earth, after a suspected debris impact on their spacecraft.