Chinese cosmonauts return after making history in space

China's first woman cosmonaut and two of her colleagues returned to Earth on Friday after successfully accomplishing the country's first-ever manual space docking during a two-week mission, giving......

China to send first woman into space on Saturday

China will send its first woman into space when an air force pilot joins a three-member team of astronauts on the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft which blasts off on Saturday. Liu Yang, a pilot who......

China launches first spacewalk mission

China successfully launched its third manned spacecraft on Thursday with three astronauts on the country's most challenging and 'sacred' mission involving first-ever space walk. The Shenzhou 7......

China achieves first manned space docking

China completed its first manned space docking on Monday, as a spacecraft carrying three astronauts including the country's first spacewoman, successfully coupled with an orbiting module, in a......