The Shenzhou 20 vehicle was deemed unfit to carry astronauts back to Earth after suffering a space junk strike.

The Shenzhou-16 crew, Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu and Gui Haichao, gives the Tiangong space station a deep clean. Credit: China ...

Chinsese astronauts are conducting experiments with fruit flies and more aboard the Tiangong space station. Credit: China ...

The Shenzhou-20 spacecraft was deemed not safe enough to return its crew after the cracks were found, prompting an orbital ...

Chinese astronauts have installed protection against "space junk" aboard the permanently inhabited station Tiangong, according to China's manned spaceflight authorities, a month after a docked vessel ...

Chinese astronauts inspect debris-damaged Shenzhou-20 spacecraft during spacewalk Two Shenzhou-21 astronauts embarked on the ...

A window was cracked in November by a tiny piece of debris travelling at high velocity. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

Last month, a tiny piece of debris travelling at high speed cracked the window of the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft's return capsule ...

This was the 25th spacewalk carried out by Chinese astronauts. Wu, 32, became the youngest Chinese astronaut to carry out ...

Theoretically, Chinese rockets based on the Soyuz design might carry astronauts (or cosmonauts, or Chinese taikonauts) to ISS ...

This was the 25th spacewalk carried out by Chinese astronauts. Wu, 32, became the youngest Chinese astronaut to carry out ...

China plans 2026 debut of new rocket for crewed lunar and LEO missions China is building towards a debut Long March 10 rocket ...