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When humans dream of venturing farther into the cosmos, one massive logistical question looms: how do we keep everyone breathing and moving without constant supply runs from Earth? Aboard China’s Tiangong space station (the name translates…

Authorities say China's first emergency space launch, sending a replacement crew transport vessel to its Tiangong space station, went off without a hitch. The crew had spent a few days on board with no means of return.

Authorities say China's first emergency space launch, sending a replacement crew transport vessel to its Tiangong space station, went off without a hitch.

WARSAW, Poland — The European Space Agency and Lithuanian space startup Astrolight are building the first optical ground station (OGS) in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland as a way to bolster ground communications

Three astronauts were temporarily left without a guaranteed way to return in an emergency.

Three astronauts were temporarily left without a guaranteed way to return in an emergency.

Three astronauts were temporarily left without a guaranteed way to return in an emergency.

Three astronauts were temporarily left without a guaranteed way to return in an emergency.

Three astronauts were temporarily left without a guaranteed way to return in an emergency.

China's uncrewed Shenzhou 22 spacecraft arrived at the Tiangong space station early Tuesday morning (Nov. 25), giving the three astronauts living there a safe way to get home.

China's uncrewed Shenzhou-22 space vessel arrived at the Tiangong space station on Tuesday morning, avoiding the potential stranding of three Chinese astronauts on the orbiting space outpost.

Billed as the first emergency launch mission in China’s human spaceflight program, an uncrewed, cargo-loaded Shenzhou-22 spaceship was launched on November 25. Shenzhou-22 later docked with the front port of China’s Tiangong space…

The Shenzhou-22 spacecraft that China launched on November 25 has already reached the Tiangong space station, according to SpaceNews and Chinese state media. Now that it’s docked with the station, the astronauts onboard are no longer left…

Three Chinese astronauts were left stranded at the Tiangong space station earlier this month.

After an “intense” preparation, French astronaut Sophie Adenot says she has “everything she needs to feel calm” ahead of her departure for the International Space Station (ISS), scheduled for February for an eight-month mission.

Moss spores spent nine months strapped to the outside of the International Space Station, exposed to vacuum, cosmic radiation, temperature swings from minus 196°C to 55°C, and unfiltered solar ultraviolet light. Over 80 percent survived…

BEIJING, Nov 25 — China’s first emergency space launch went ahead without incident today, as the country plu...

China’s uncrewed Shenzhou-22 spacecraft has arrived at the Tiangong space station, reestablishing a lifeboat for the crew and ending the orbital outpost’s first operational emergency.