Given the mounting number of objects in orbit, this is likely to be a more regular occurrence. It's costly in terms of damage ...

China purposely delayed the return of its Shenzhou 20 crew from the country's Tiangong space station recently. The reason: a suspected impact of space debris that cracked a window of the crew's return ...

Specifically flagged by the UNEP are air pollution from launch emissions, spacecraft emissions in the stratosphere, as well ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -China's Shenzhou-20 crewed spacecraft has delayed its return mission to Earth after the vessel was possibly hit by tiny bits of space debris, the country's human spaceflight agency ...

Three Chinese astronauts have been temporarily stranded in space after the vehicle they were meant to travel aboard back to Earth was hit by space debris. Just how much damage the vehicle sustained ...

BEIJING (AP) — The stranded crew of a Chinese space mission is "in good condition, working and living normally,” China's Manned Space Engineering office said on Tuesday. The three astronauts on the ...

Now from airplanes to outer space. We have news of three Chinese astronauts who are finally back on Earth. They'd had to extend their stay on China's space station by more than a week due to space ...

BEIJING (AP) — The stranded crew of a Chinese space mission is “in good condition, working and living normally,” China’s Manned Space Engineering office said on Tuesday. The three astronauts on the ...

China Space The Shenzhou-21 spacecraft sitting atop a Long March rocket covered on a launch pad is seen near the Chinese characters for launch, at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest ...