China to conduct several manned space flights around 2020
The spacecraft and Tiangong-2 space lab completed their first in-orbit refuelling late on Thursday, marking the completion of the country's space lab mission.
Apr 29, 2017, 00:22 AM IST
Chinese astronauts set foot in space station as Shenzhou-11 docks with Tiangong-2 orbital lab
As per reports, the Shenzhou-11 which was successfully launched on Monday morning from China's Gobi Desert, docked with the space lab at 3.31 a.m on Wednesday.
Oct 19, 2016, 09:50 AM IST
Shenzhou-11 launch – WATCH liftoff of China's longest manned space mission!
Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng, 50, and Chen Dong, 37, were blasted off into space by Shenzhou-11 (heavenly vessel) spacecraft at 7:30 am local time (5 am IST) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre near the Gobi Desert in northwest China.
Oct 17, 2016, 11:15 AM IST
China all set to launch second space lab Tiangong-2 next week!
Considering all goes well, China will launch Tianzhou-1 – China’s first refueling and cargo vessel – which will visit Tiangong-2 in the first half of the next year. Long March 7 rocket will be used to blast Tianzhou-1.
Sep 11, 2016, 10:18 AM IST
China to launch second space lab
China's multi-billion-dollar space programme aims to put a permanent manned space station into service around 2022.
Feb 28, 2016, 12:04 PM IST
