There could be a new space race as China boosts its presence in outer space, even fielding a state-of-the-art space station ...

China finished constructing Tiangong in 2022. The current crew, which arrived aboard the Shenzhou 16 spacecraft on May 30, is the fifth astronaut mission to visit the orbital outpost.

Tiangong is smaller than the ISS, in overall dimensions measuring about one-fifth as large. Its total mass is approximately 77 tons (69,900 kg).

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.

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In a noteworthy development, the Aurora capsule aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has sustained cracks, prompting ...

The Tiangong station has a mass of about 100 tons and is roughly one-third the size of the ISS. It has been permanently staffed since June 2022 with the arrival of the Shenzhou-14 crew.

Tiangong-1 will break apart into pieces, all of them flying together on the way down, like a flock of mismatched birds. Lighter material will slow down faster and thus experience less heat, which ...

China's Tiangong-1 space station is predicted to fall somewhere between the latitudes of 42.8 degrees north and 42.8 degrees south, the area shaded in yellow and green here.

On Monday, in one of his first official tasks, NASA Acting Administrator Sean Duffy signed a new "directive" on commercial ...

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 ...