The Chinese space station Tiangong has been the stage for a new spacewalk. Two taikonauts successfully conducted an ...

When astronauts aboard China’s Tiangong space station drift hundreds of kilometers above Earth, they’re not alone. We’re not talking Alien, we’re talking something much smaller and not as dangerous.

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

On Earth there is no record of Niallia tiangongensis, a bacterium found aboard the Tiangong station that appears to be well ...

Scientists have discovered yet another never-before-seen strand of bacteria growing on a space station. This time it was ...

Now, China is making a longer-term commitment to the Tiangong program, with a blueprint for doubling the size of the space station. Chinese space officials originally said the space station would ...

Scientists have discovered a new bacteria species called niallia tiangongensis aboard China's Tiangong space station.

The new Tiangong team will carry out experiments with an eye toward the space program's goal of placing astronauts on the Moon by 2030 and eventually constructing a lunar base. The space agency ...

The new Tiangong team will carry out experiments with an eye to the space program's goal of placing astronauts on the Moon by 2030 and eventually constructing a lunar base. "Like everyone else ...

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 ...

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 ...

The two men and one woman will replace the astronauts who've lived on the Tiangong space station for ... Union and the United States. The space program is a source of enormous national pride ...