Trump wants astronauts back on the moon ...

Only the US has landed humans on the moon, but there are fears it is falling behind Russia and China in space technology.

2 astronauts complete 6.5-hour spacewalk...

Two flight engineers of the United States space agency NASA completed the first spacewalk of this year out of the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday to upgrade the space lab's power system.

China refutes U.S. accusations of raisin...

Beijing on Wednesday refuted the U.S. accusations against China and Russia of raising the risk of conflict in space as "groundless" while blaming Washington for aggravating the threat of "weaponizing

Spaceflight could reactivate dormant her...

WASHINGTON, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Dormant herpes viruses became reactivated in more than half of the studied astronauts who traveled in space, according to a recent research by U.S. space agency NASA.

NASA issues warning about space herpes

The stress on the body of spaceflight is believed to contribute to suppressing the immune system and helping the virus to grow.

China's space research finds microgravit...

BEIJING, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Research findings from China's Tianzhou-1 Space Mission have shown that the microgravity environment in space promotes heart cell differentiation of mice induced pluripo

China Focus: High-end home appliances po...

HEFEI, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Wang Gang, a resident in east China's city of Hangzhou, was looking for a refrigerator that could fit into the small kitchen in his new apartment. He finally picked a "skin

Canada launches national space strategy ...

Canada unveiled a national space strategy on Wednesday, a week after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that the country would participate in a U.S.-led space station. The U.S. National Aeronaut

Canada launches national space strategy ...

OTTAWA, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Canada unveiled a national space strategy on Wednesday, a week after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that the country would participate in a U.S.-led space station

China preparing for space station missio...

The China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) announced Monday that the core module of the country's space station, the Long March-5B carrier rocket and its payloads will be sent to the launch s