China space station
China to launch unmanned test flight of next-generation crewed spacecraft in 2019
The next-generation crewed spacecraft will be the payload for the first flight of the Long March 5B launch vehicle, a variant of the Long March 5 and designed for lofting large modules of the planned Chinese Space Station.
China could be facing space station delay, Tiangong-2 to be deorbited
China’s plan to launch and construct a space station could be hit by a test flight delay of the launcher designed to send the modules into orbit.
China appears to be preparing to deorbit its Tiangong-2 space lab
China has lowered the orbit of its Tiangong-2 space lab, likely in preparation for deorbiting the orbital facility and thus averting a similar scenario to the uncontrolled re-entry of Tiangong-1 earlier this year.
China planning to increase rate of human missions, hire new astronauts as it develops space station
Chinese officials said they are planning four crewed missions over the course of five years as assembly of the country's first permanent space station begins in 2019.
China ready to move ahead with development of a space station after refueling tests
The Tianzhou-1 spacecraft successfully transferred propellant to the Tiangong-2 module this week.
China launches first cargo spacecraft on mission to test docking and refueling
It's the first in a new line of spacecraft designed to eventually support a Chinese space station.
China gearing up for launch of first cargo spacecraft to support future space station
The Long March 7 rocket that will launch the Tianzhou-1 spacecraft arrived last week at the Wenchang launch site for a launch planned for the latter half of April.
China prepares assembly of its space station, invites collaboration through U.N.
The Chinese government has agreed to help finance non-Chinese payloads and experiments to be operated from China’s future space station through the United Nations as part of its attempt to internationalize the program, a senior Chinese space official told the U.N.
