A stunning compilation of views of Earth from the Tiangong space station. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: China Central ...

China's Wentian lab module's robotic arm to support the astronauts extravehicular activities, delivering goods, and maintaining and repairing the exterior of the space station. Credit: Space.com | foo ...

Without the attached spacecraft, the Chinese station weighs about 66 tons — a fraction of the International Space Station, which launched its first module in 1998 and weighs around 465 tons.

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China on Tuesday announced plans to launch a manned lunar mission, construct a lunar space station and explore habitable planets and extra-terrestrial life to expand its space programme in the ...

China has announced ambitious plans for the space programme, such as launching a manned Moon lunar mission, constructing a lunar space station, and exploring habitable planets and extra-terrestrial ...

Zebrafish aboard China's space station are doing well in orbit, according to an update on the experiments. The four zebrafish arrived at the Tiangong space station aboard the Shenzhou 18 ...

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which is obviously based on the Chinese Feitian space suit that was based, in turn, on the Soviet/Russian Orlan space suit that was originally flown on the Salyut space station missions and the ...