The program’s most prized project, the Tiangong space station, is now the primary focus, staffed by teams of three astronauts who rotate every six months.

China's space agency has set up a new program with the intent of sending people to the moon by 2030 and the Tiangong space station is making its final preparations to achieve this goal.

Now, China is making a longer-term commitment to the Tiangong program, with a blueprint for doubling the size of the space station. Chinese space officials originally said the space station would ...

China has launched it's youngest-ever crew of astronauts into space as part of its ambitious space program. The three-person crew will dock on the country's homegrown "Tiangong" space station ...

China may seek Russian aid for its space program. Tiangong space station has three modules Tiangong, which translates to Heavenly Palace, is designed to be built with connecting modules launched ...

In addition to its scientific applications, Tiangong will be used as a testbed for China's future manned spaceflight program. View of TIANGONG 3 - Chinese space station orbiting the planet Earth ...

BEIJING — Three Chinese astronauts landed in a northern desert on Sunday after six months working to complete construction of the Tiangong station, a symbol of the country's ambitious space ...

Tiangong space station could alter perceptions of China’s space program, report says Emerging trends in how China is utilizing and operating its Tiangong space station could impact how the ...

The Chinese space program plans to have Tiangong last for 10 to 15 years, with the possibility of extending its lifespan, Tronchetti says. The much larger ISS, operated by the United States, the ...

China’s space agency is making final preparations to send the Shenzhou-18 crew into low-Earth orbit on Thursday as part of its ambitious space program that aims to put people on the moon by 2030 ...

That made the expedition to the new space station a milestone for China’s rapidly advancing space program. The Tiangong outpost will now be continuously occupied, like the International Space ...

China’s space program is run by the ruling Communist Party’s military wing, the People’s Liberation Army, and has largely proceeded with the Tiangong program without other nations’ assistance.