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

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, 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.

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).

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

Tiangong doesn't emit its own light, so it can be seen only via scattered light from the sun. During the dead of night, Tiangong is in our planet's shadow and thus too dark to be seen.

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.

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

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 ...

It's difficult to predict exactly when Tiangong-1 will re-enter Earth's atmosphere, and where it will break up into pieces before it lands. On Monday, the space station was at an altitude of about ...

Tiangong, the humanoid robot described as the world's first full-sized humanoid robot capable of running solely on electric drive, is on display at the Beijing-based China's National and Local Co ...