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Watch China's Shenzhou 15 astronauts return to Earth this weekend (video)

The three astronauts of China's Shenzhou 15 mission returned to Earth on Sunday (June 4) after six months aboard the Tiangong space station.

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Watch China's Shenzhou 16 astronauts enter Tiangong space station (video)

A new video shows the three astronauts of China's Shenzhou 16 mission entering the Tiangong space station on Tuesday (May 30).

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New record! 17 people are in Earth orbit at the same time right now

The total number of people in Earth orbit is now at a record high, though only for a short time. With Monday's (May 29) launch of China's Shenzhou 16 mission, the population in orbit grew to 17.

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China launches Shenzhou-16 mission to space station

Three astronauts, including the first Chinese civilian to go to space, will spend six months on the Tiangong.

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China to send first civilian astronaut to space station

JIUQUAN (CHINA) - China will send three astronauts to its Tiangong space station on Tuesday, putting a civilian scientist into space for the first time as Beijing pursues plans to send a manned mission to the Moon by the end of the decade.

Bangkok Post

China launches 3 astronauts to Tiangong space station on Shenzhou 16 spacecraft (video)

China's next crew of three astronauts is all set to launch for the country's Tiangong space station tonight (May 29) on a Long March 2F rocket and you can watch it live.

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China to send first civilian into space on Tuesday

China will send its first civilian astronaut into space as part of a crewed mission to the Tiangong space station tomorrow

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China to send its first civilian astronaut into space

Payload expert Gui Haichao will set off for the Tiangong space station as part of a three-person mission on Tuesday.

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China launches Tianzhou 6 cargo ship to Tiangong space station

China's Tianzhou 6 freighter lifted off on May 10, sending clothing, food, water and propellant toward the country's Tiangong space station.

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China tests heat-to-electrical power converter on Tiangong space station

Astronauts aboard China's Tiangong space station have been testing out ways to convert heat into electrical power.

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China prepping next space station cargo mission for May launch

Components of the Long March 7 rocket that will launch the Tianzhou 6 cargo mission arrived at southern China's Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on April 13.

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China's Shenzhou 15 astronauts complete record-breaking 4th spacewalk (video)

China's Shenzhou 15 astronauts have completed the fourth and final spacewalk of their six-month-long mission.

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China's Shenzhou 15 astronauts quietly conduct 3rd spacewalk (video)

China's Shenzhou 15 astronauts completed their third spacewalk outside the Tiangong space station in late March under a cloud of secrecy.

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China says will train foreign astronauts for space station

China says it will soon begin training foreign astronauts for trips to its newly completed orbiting space station

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China's new space station opens for business in an increasingly competitive era of space activity

The International Space Station is no longer the only place where humans can live in orbit.

The Independent UK

3 Chinese astronauts return to Earth after 6-month mission

Three Chinese astronauts have landed in a northern desert after six months working to complete construction of the Tiangong station, a symbol of the country’s ambitious space program

Al Jazeera

China launches three astronauts to Tiangong space station

The team will complete China’s first-ever crew handover in orbit on board the Tiangong space station, state media says.

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Final module docks at China’s ‘heavenly palace’ space station

The Mengtian unit joins with a lab and core module to complete the Tiangong space station.

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India-China dispute casts gloom over space project

Scientists from Bengaluru-based Indian Institute of Astrophysics are part of a UN-led initiative for Tiangong, the developing Chinese space station

Asharq Al-Awsat

Chinese Booster Rocket Makes Uncontrolled Return to Earth

A Chinese booster rocket made an uncontrolled return to Earth on Saturday, leading US officials to chide Beijing for not sharing information about the potentially hazardous object's descent. US Space Command "can confirm the People's Republic of China (PRC) Long March 5B (CZ-5B) re-entered over the Indian Ocean at approx…

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10 years ago, China docked to its space station — and changed the space race forever

The Tiangong-1 docking announced to the world that the country was ready for a new space race.

The Hindu

Chinese astronauts enter Tiangong Space Station module after successful launch

China will be the only country to own a space station, with the International Space Station (ISS) of Russia being a collaborative project of several countries

Asharq Al-Awsat

China Sends 3 Astronauts to Complete Space Station

China on Sunday launched a rocket carrying three astronauts on a mission to complete construction on its new space station, the latest milestone in Beijing's drive to become a major space power. The trio blasted off in a Long March-2F rocket at (0244 GMT) from the Jiuquan launch center in…

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China launches three-person space mission to finish construction on Tiangong station

The Shenzhou 14 crew will spend six months on the Tiangong station and will oversee the addition of two laboratory modules to join the main Tianhe living space that was launched in April 2021.

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China Plans to Complete Space Station with Latest Mission

China is preparing to launch a new three-person mission to complete work on its permanent orbiting space station, the country's China Manned Space Agency said Saturday. The Shenzhou 14 crew will spend six months on the Tiangong station, during which they will oversee the addition of two laboratory modules to…

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