The Latest Breaking News from Tiangong

China has sent more than 100 types of seeds to its Tiangong space station

China has sent 136 kinds of plant seeds to its Tiangong space station for space breeding experiments.

Space · Jul 31, 2023

China is sending zebrafish to the Tiangong space station

China is planning to send zebrafish to its space station in the future as part of experiments that aid research into mitigating bone loss in astronauts.

Space · Jul 23, 2023

China's Shenzhou 16 astronauts complete 1st spacewalk (video)

Two Chinese astronauts completed an approximately eight-hour spacewalk outside the Tiangong space station on Thursday (July 20).

Space · Jul 21, 2023

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).

Space · May 30, 2023

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.

Space · May 30, 2023

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.

Al Jazeera · May 30, 2023

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 · May 29, 2023

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.

Space · May 29, 2023

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

The Hindu · May 29, 2023

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.

Al Jazeera · May 29, 2023