If you believe rocket launches are all about countdowns and lift-offs, Crew-11 will disabuse you of that notion this flight ...

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is a prominent state-owned enterprise headquartered in Beijing, China, operating within the aerospace and defence industry. CASC specialises ...

China adopts a unified design framework and technical system for the Tiangong space station, under which the GNC, energy, information, thermal control, and manned environment systems of all the 3 ...

However, its conceptual innovations, engineering challenges, and historical context offer a fascinating glimpse into the ...

“I just thank my lucky stars that guys like Houbolt came along,” said Caldwell Johnson, chief of the manned-spacecraft-design office. “I suppose that Columbus had some help too.” ...

As World War II drew to a close, the Allies were eager to get their hands on one of the most technologically amazing yet terrifying weapons in Nazi Germany's armamentarium: the V-2 rocket. A long ...

The Project’s novel rocket design will be launched from the world’s largest reusable helium balloon at an altitude of 70,000 feet (24,400 meters). To learn more, visit www.davinciproject.com .

China Manned Space Agency Tang Hongbo first flew in space in 2021 as a member of the Shenzhou 12 crew, spending 92 days aboard the station. His crewmates for his second flight are space rookies.

Boeing, the other company planning manned ISS missions, didn't get away clean in the report. The GAO says Boeing has not done enough testing on its parachute system for the CST-100 capsule.

The China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) announced a successful test of its pad-abort system for the in-development Mengzhou spacecraft this week.

China's space program has made steady progress since a 2003 launch that made it only the third nation to put a man in space on its own. Two more manned missions have followed, one including a ...