Three Chinese astronauts, or taikonauts, have been temporarily stranded in space after their return capsule was struck by a piece of suspected "space junk" hours before it was due to depart. Officials ...
Recovery crews extracting Shenzhou-20 commander Chen Dong from the Shenzhou-21 return module in Inner Mongolia, Nov. 14, 2025. Credit: CCTV/BACC HELSINKI — Three Chinese astronauts have safely ...
HOUSTON—Russia's Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft with NASA astronaut Don Pettit and cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner departed the International Space Station (ISS) for a parachute-assisted landing ...
Three astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after being stranded due to a rare space debris incident. The Chinese crew was transported on board a different vessel than the one they were originally ...
HELSINKI — China is continuing to assess plans for the return of the Shenzhou-20 crew following a suspected debris strike, with no new return timeline announced. A China Manned Space Engineering ...
With the International Space Station (ISS) set to retire in 2030, several nations and commercial space companies have plans to deploy their own successor stations. This includes China, which plans to ...
Three Chinese taikonauts — Wang Jie, Chen Zhongrui and Chen Dong — will be extending their stay aboard China's Tiangong space station after their return capsule was struck by a presumed piece of ...