View from Shenzhou-20 spacecraft showing the docking interface with the Tiangong space station on April 24, 2025. Credit: CMSEO HELSINKI — Three Chinese astronauts arrived at the Tiangong space ...

A view of the Shenzhou-19 spacecraft from the Tiangong space station. Credit: Ourspace HELSINKI — China is conducting its fifth crew rotation aboard the Tiangong space station after the arrival ...

The Shenzhou-19 crew was made up of two male astronauts aged 48 and 34 and China's third female astronaut, aged 35. It was the first spaceflight for the two younger astronauts.

They will soon depart in their Shenzhou spacecraft and are due to land in the Dongfeng landing area, near Jiuquan spaceport, on April 29. Their mission involved record-breaking spacewalks ...

China's Shenzhou 14 astronauts have handed over control of the Tiangong space station and returned to Earth. The return capsule from the mission's Shenzhou spacecraft set down safely after sunset ...

To ensure the safety and health of the taikonauts and the complete success of the mission, the return of the Shenzhou-19 manned spacecraft, originally scheduled for April 29, has been postponed to ...

China is set to launch the Shenzhou-20 crewed spacecraft at 5:17 pm on Thursday (Beijing Time) - the Space Day of China - from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China, Lin Xiqiang ...

In October last year, China launched the Shenzhou-19 spacecraft into space carrying three astronauts.

Shortly thereafter, at 12:51 a.m. EDT (0451 GMT) on Oct. 30, the hatch between the Shenzhou 19 spacecraft and Tiangong was opened, allowing the three Shenzhou 18 mission astronauts to greet the ...

A Long March-2F rocket carrying the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft takes off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre for a crewed mission to China's Tiangong space station, near Jiuquan, Gansu province ...

HONG KONG, April 30 (Reuters) - China's Shenzhou-19 crewed spacecraft landed in the north of the country on Wednesday, state broadcaster CCTV reported, after a one-day delay due to weather ...