Last year, scientists uncovered a mutated strain of drug-resistant bacteria thriving under the harsh conditions of space aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Although Niallia tiangongensis ...

When astronauts aboard China’s Tiangong space station drift hundreds of kilometers above Earth, they’re not alone. We’re not ...

The microbe demonstrated resilience to space-specific stressors, including enhanced repair from radiation damage and the ...

A spaceship carrying three astronauts docked Thursday with China’s space station in the latest crew rotation, marking a further step in the country’s ambitions for a crewed mission to the moon and ...

Welcome to Edition 7.41 of the Rocket Report! NASA and its contractors at Kennedy Space Center in Florida continue building a ...

Its space program was the third to put humans in orbit and has also landed robotic rovers on Mars and the moon. The jewel in the crown is Tiangong, the space station staffed by teams of three ...

China has successfully launched three astronauts to its Tiangong space station, marking another step towards a crewed mission to the Moon by 2030. The Shenzhou-20 spacecraft lifted off atop a Long ...

It has since sought to bring other countries into its space program, and in February signed a deal with longtime ally Pakistan to bring the first foreign astronaut aboard Tiangong. As part of this ...

Tiangong is one of two currently operating ... whose government is taking a renewed interest in its more than 60-year-old space program. “It is very important for Pakistan, being the first ...

The Tiangong, or “Heavenly Palace,” space ... Space Station over U.S. national security concerns. China's space program is controlled by the People’s Liberation Army, the military branch ...