Last year, scientists uncovered a mutated strain of drug-resistant bacteria thriving under the harsh conditions of space ...

Chinese scientists discovered a novel strain of bacterium with “unique abilities” that allowed it to thrive on the Tiangong Space Station, according to a report.

When astronauts aboard China’s Tiangong space station drift hundreds of kilometers above Earth, they’re not alone. We’re not ...

Scientists have discovered a new strain of bacteria on the Chinese space station Tiangong. The strain, named Niallia ...

The novel microbe, officially named Niallia tiangongensis, was collected by astronauts inside the space station in May 2023 ...

A spaceship carrying three astronauts docked Thursday with China’s space station in the latest crew rotation, marking a further step in the country’s ambitions for a crewed mission to the moon and ...

China has successfully launched three astronauts to its Tiangong space station, marking another step towards a crewed mission to the Moon by 2030. The Shenzhou-20 spacecraft lifted off atop a Long ...

Its space program was the third to put humans in orbit and has also landed robotic rovers on Mars and the moon. The jewel in the crown is Tiangong, the space station staffed by teams of three ...

Welcome to Edition 7.41 of the Rocket Report! NASA and its contractors at Kennedy Space Center in Florida continue building a ...

It has since sought to bring other countries into its space program, and in February signed a deal with longtime ally Pakistan to bring the first foreign astronaut aboard Tiangong. As part of this ...

The Tiangong, or “Heavenly Palace,” space ... Space Station over U.S. national security concerns. China's space program is controlled by the People’s Liberation Army, the military branch ...