Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Saturday after six months aboard their country's newest orbital station in the longest crewed mission to date for China's ambitious space program. The ...

On November 8, astronaut Wang Yaping made history as she became China’s first woman to conduct a spacewalk. According to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA), Yaping ventured outside of China’s ...

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Wang Yaping (R2) is escorted to the desert. (Xinhua photo/Chen Bin) Wang Yaping is no stranger to challenges. In her early twenties she was already a pilot for the PLA when she saw Yang Liwei, the ...

The first woman assigned to work on China’s new space station will be aboard when the Shenzhou-13 spacecraft blasts off early Saturday local time, in what’s set to be a landmark moment for female ...

Wang Yaping receives an interview before the opening meeting of the first session of the 13th NPC in Beijing on March 5, 2018. (Xinhua/Liu Jinhai) Astronaut Wang Yaping is in the spotlight again, but ...

Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth safely after spending a record six months aboard China's new space station, doubling the previous stay of the country's longest single flight in space.