The space debris expert has been trying to tally debris impact events in low Earth orbit for years, especially those that ...

Three Chinese astronauts were stranded in orbit at Tiangong space station after space debris hit their return capsule, ...

The Shenzhou 20 crew is led by commander Chen Dong, a veteran astronaut and former Chinese fighter pilot on his third trip to space. Two spaceflight rookies, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie, are also ...

China was forced to postpone the return of three astronauts from its Tiangong space station following a suspected collision ...

This week the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced that the homecoming for three of its astronauts was delayed after a ...

Could a piece of debris no larger than a fingernail derail an entire manned space mission? For three Chinese astronauts ...

The planned return originally scheduled for November 5, 2025, has been postponed due to safety concerns arising from the suspected debris impact.

The delay highlights the danger to space travel posed by increasing amounts of space debris and could disrupt the operation ...

A suspected strike by "tiny space debris" has delayed the return of the Chinese spaceship Shenzhou-20 and three astronauts, ...

China has successfully launched the Shenzhou-21 spaceship to its orbiting space station. The mission, which took off late ...

China's Manned Spaceflight Agency said its Shenzhou 20 mission will remain in space a bit longer on Tiangong space station ...

As NASA prepared astronauts for its second mission into space, National Geographic had exclusive behind-the-scenes access for ...