Two astronauts were outside the three-module space station for more than six hours on Friday (Aug. 15). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

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China has indefinitely postponed the return of three astronauts from its Tiangong space station after their Shenzhou-20 spacecraft was reportedly hit by debris, raising concerns and sparking some ...

Could a fragment no larger than a coin stop a spacecraft from making its way home? For China’s Shenzhou-20 crew, that unsettling possibility turned real when their return capsule was hit by suspected ...

Chinese astronauts just got an up-close look at the damage that space junk can cause. Two astronauts of the three-person Shenzhou 21 mission conducted an extravehicular activity (EVA) outside China's ...

China’s human spaceflight agency has delayed the return of the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft and its crew from the country’s space station, Tiangong, after a possible debris impact. It is not yet clear when ...

A view from the forearm of the Tiangong robotic arm, showing Zhang Lu at work during the first Shenzhou-21 EVA. Credit: CMSEO HELSINKI — Two Shenzhou-21 astronauts embarked on the mission’s first ...