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Check out the Tiangong space station's solar arrays move in these views captured by a camera outside the Tianhe module.
From July 3 through July 8, it will be possible to sight the two largest objects currently in orbit around the Earth, passing ...
Packed aboard Tianzhou 9 was 7.2 tons (6.5 metric tons) of cargo, including 1.65 tons (1.5 metric tons) of food for the three ...
Chinsese astronauts are conducting experiments with fruit flies and more aboard the Tiangong space station. Credit: China ...
The cargo craft Tianzhou-9 successfully docked at the rear docking port of Tianhe, the core module of China's ...
China launches Tianzhou-9 to Tiangong space station with record cargo and upgraded EVA suits China launched a new cargo ...
Tiangong is the successor to China’s Tiangong-1 and Tiangong-2 space laboratories, launched in 2011 and 2016, respectively. It will be built on a modular design, ...
Tiangong, which means "Heavenly Palace" in Chinese, was built by the Chinese Manned Space Agency (CMSA) and provides a platform for scientific research for countries not involved in the ISS program.
The craft will deliver upgraded spacesuits, exercise devices and scientific equipment for astronauts, with launch expected in ...
Tiangong-1: Radar Images of Uncontrolled Chinese Space Station That Will Crash Into Earth's Atmosphere on Easter Weekend Published Mar 23, 2018 at 8:03 AM EDT Updated Mar 23, 2018 at 8:14 AM EDT By ...
Tiangong 1, China's defunct and reportedly out-of-control space station, re-entered the Earth's atmosphere Sunday night, Chinese space authorities say. It mostly burnt up on re-entry over the ...
Tiangong-1’s design lifetime was just two years, and the space lab’s work was mostly done after Shenzhou-10 departed. The empty space lab continued to do some Earth-observation work, ...