China all set to launch manned mission with 3 astronauts

China is all set to send on Thursday the first three crew members to its under-construction space station which is expected to be Beijing's eye in the sky and will rival the ageing International......

Chinese astronauts return to Earth after docking space lab

Three Chinese astronauts safely returned to Earth on Wednesday after a 15-day trip -- the longest in country's history -- to a proposed space lab set to be ready by 2020, marking the latest success......

A communist party office in space?

Chinese astronauts plan to set up a branch of the ruling Communist Party of China in space when the country's first space station is established in future, nation's first astronaut Yang Liwei......

China ready for second space odyssey

China's second manned space mission-- and its first to carry two astronauts-- is due to launch on October 13, weather permitting, and return five days later, a state media report said.The launch of......