A group of Chinese astronauts will have to wait a little longer for their return home from space. The mission to bring Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie back to Earth from China's Tiangong space ...

China's space agency has announced it will return a damaged spacecraft docked on Tiangong space station to Earth without crew after a suspected debris strike left it unfit for flight. The three ...

The first emergency operation in the history of China's human spaceflight program ended on Jan. 19 when an uncrewed Shenzhou 20 capsule damaged by a space-junk strike came safely down to Earth.

Three Chinese astronauts whose return to Earth was delayed by space debris hitting their vessel last week landed in China on Friday afternoon, according to state broadcaster CCTV. China Manned Space ...

Three Chinese astronauts have been forced to extend their six-month stay in space over concerns their return ship may have been hit by debris, China’s space agency said. Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and ...

BEIJING, Dec 1 (Reuters) - China's first crewed spacecraft to be ruled unfit to fly in mid-mission will be sent back to Earth for experts to assess the damage it sustained more closely, state ...