China on Thursday launched the main module of its first permanent space station that will host astronauts long term, the latest success for a program that has realized a number of its growing ...

The Base Block, or Core Module, is the heart of Mir. First launched into orbit in 1986, it comprised the entire space station for over a year, before the other modules were launched. Built of two ...

The first experiment module of China’s Tiangong space station docked successfully early on Monday, 13 hours after blast-off from the southern province of Hainan. Wentian, which is designed for science ...

Liftoff of the Long March 5B rocket carrying the Tianhe core module for the Chinese Space Station. Credit: CCTV/framegrab HELSINKI — China successfully launched a 22-metric-ton module April 28, ...