The event, not so far confirmed by China, was reported after optical sensor data suggested the satellites "appeared visually ...

From the moment of the first space launch up until now, mankind has been sending various devices and people into space using ...

China may have just become the first country to attempt satellite-to-satellite refuelling in geosynchronous orbit ...

Two Chinese satellites reportedly performed what appears to be the country's first high-altitude orbital refueling, as U.S.

Nearly a week after launch, space tracking systems were able to locate a mysterious satellite parked in an unusually low ...

China launched a relay satellite towards the moon this week after a previous launch this month failed to reach lunar orbit.

Shijian-21 and Shijian-25 ‘appeared visually merged in optical sensor data’, space tracking firm says, a feat US seeks to match by 2026.

The assessment made by NASA researchers that it was caused by China's Daqi-1 satellite, if true, could suggest that there was nothing nefarious or threatening, even if the display itself was unusual.

China launched the first-ever dedicated quantum communications satellite to low Earth orbit in 2016. The nation is now working to send a quantum craft to a higher altitude.

NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona In an impressive feat, China landed its Zhurong rover on Mars in May 2021, joining NASA in exploring the red planet’s surface. But China has not provided recent ...

This long-exposure photograph of city lights and the aurora borealis was taken in October from the International Space Station, which has four NASA astronauts and three Russian cosmonauts aboard.

The satellite entered the preset orbit successfully. [Photo/Xinhua] JIUQUAN -- China launched a Long March 4B carrier rocket on Thursday to place a new satellite, Shijian-26, into space successfully.