China has launched a new crew to its orbiting space station and has set a target of putting an astronaut on the Moon by 2030. "Actively avoiding engagement with China during the ongoing space developments is perhaps not a wise decision currently, and those countries may be shooting themselves in the foot," he said. Lin Xigiang, deputy director of the …
BEIJING — A Chinese spacecraft returned to Earth on Tuesday with three astronauts who completed a six-month mission aboard the country’s orbiting space station. China built its own space station after being excluded from the International Space Station, largely because of U.S. concerns over the Chinese military’s total control of the space program amid a sharpening competition in technology between …
Indian American astronaut Sunita Williams and NASA's Barry "Butch" Wilmore will fly on Boeing Crew Flight Test, Starliner's first crewed mission to the International Space Station, according to the US space agency. In her current role as the Crew Flight Test pilot, Williams will be replacing NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, who was originally assigned to the mission in 2018. A …
Three astronauts have touched back down on Earth after completing the longest crewed mission of China's space program to date. Key points: The astronauts spent six months expanding China's new space station China has been barred from the ISS by the US Construction of the space station is due to be completed by the end of the year The Shenzhou …
