An curved arrow pointing right. China has successfully launched its second space lab, the Tiangong-2, as part of a plan to build a permanent space lab. Follow BI Video: On Twitter More from ...

Tiangong-2, in 2016. This allowed for docking and refueling objectives to be conducted, while the second module – still in orbit – is an advancement on the first, all building towards the ...

China has unveiled the design of a reusable winged shuttle to take cargo to and from the country's Tiangong space station.

China will both launch the Tiangong-2 and conduct its next manned space mission in the second half of this year.

China’s Tiangong space station, operational since late 2022, is poised for expansion with new modules, enhanced technology, ...

named as Tiangong-1 and Tiangong-2. The new lab Wentian is the second of three key modules to Tiangong. The first key module Tianhe - which contains living quarters for crew members - was sent ...

Around 2.5hours of the day, six days a week, is spent exercising while in space. The Shenzhou-18 crew, who arrived at Tiangong in April, will soon hand over control to new arrivals and prepare for a ...

followed in September 2016 by the Tiangong-2. These preliminary steps are much like Russia took with their Salyut space station program. Both Tiangong-1 and 2 are first generation space stations ...

Currently, Tiangong-2 is in operation and by 2022, Beijing plans to have number 3 in orbit as a fully operational manned outpost in space.

and has already launched two orbiting test vehicles—Tiangong-1 and Tiangong-2, both of which safely burned up in the Earth’s atmosphere after several years in space. Now, more than a dozen ...

A three-person Chinese crew returned to Earth early Monday after more than six months aboard the Tiangong space station, state news agency Xinhua reported.

At 2:15 a.m. Beijing time ... The taikonauts had spent a total of 192 days in orbit above the Earth aboard China's Tiangong space station. Astronauts for China's Shenzhou-18 space mission ...