08 May 2020
China's prototype spacecraft lands successfully on Earth
...), the main contractor for the country’s space programs, the unnamed space capsule is the successor to China's Shenzhou spacecraft; the country’s workhorse transport vehicle for its crewed space program. It can carry up to six astronauts...
17 September 2021
Chinese astronauts return to Earth after 90-day mission
... and good spirits!" he said after emerging from the capsule within 30 minutes of landing. The crew of the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft were in good health, China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said in a statement. "The first manned mission...
19 July 2019
China's Tiangong-2 space lab to deorbit today
Somewhere in the skies above the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and Chile, China's space station Tiangong-2 is due to fall back to Earth any minute now, if it hasn’t already. With a name that translates as 'heavenly palace’, this 18-metre-wide ...
25 October 2016
Microsatellite launched by Shenzhou-11 mission
... greater capabilities than the previous satellite launched by the Shenzhou-7 mission crew back in 2008. Jing Haipen and Chen Dong, ...crew members of the Shenzhou-11 mission, are expected to stay at the space lab for ...
August 2016
Flying in formation - why China and the rest of the world should collaborate
... Vostochny launch sites could can also reach the CSS, providing further safety guarantees. In the case of Shenzhou or Tianzhou cargo vehicles being grounded, China could also continue with station operations by relying on transportation vehicles...
October 2021
Russia and China – a new space axis
... China put huge effort into perfecting docking techniques on the Shenzhou missions to the Tiangong-1 and -2 laboratories, with repeated...later in the 2020s and for cosmonauts to fly on the Shenzhou to Tiangong, an idea mooted but which has yet to ...
