BEIJING – Chinese engineers have made 36 improvements to the Long March 2F rocket for the launch of the Shenzhou 7 manned capsule scheduled for October. The design changes improve reliability ...

Shenzhou-16, carrying three new Chinese astronauts, including China’s first civilian, blasted off into clear skies atop a Long March 2F rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi ...

China's Long March-2F rocket that will launch the Shenzhou-20 crew to the Tiangong space station was rolled out to the launch ...

China’s Shenzhou 7 spacecraft made a safe parachute landing Sept. 28 in northern China, capping off a mission that marked the country’s third manned spaceflight and included its first ...

Today the Shenzhou-10 capsule docked successfully with Tiangong-1, and since it is the last planned to do so marked the completion of both its own mission and that of the station.

The two male astronauts will carry out the Shenzhou 11 mission. The Shenzhou 11 manned spacecraft will be launched at 7:30 a.m. Oct. 17, 2016 Beijing Time (2330 GMT Oct. 16). [Photo/Xinhua] ...

The two astronauts were commander Jing Haipeng, a 50-year-old veteran who carried out Shenzhou-7 and Shenzhou-9 missions before, as well as Chen Dong, 38, who was on his first space mission..

China placed the Shenzhou-11 spacecraft with two astronauts aboard into orbit today. The launch happened exactly on time at 7:30 am local time at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Shenzhou-11 […] ...

China's Shenzhou 13 astronauts Zhai Zhigang and Wang Yaping wave to a camera during their mission's first spacewalk on Nov. 7, 2021 at the Tiangong space station core module Tianhe.