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This screen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on March 16, 2026 shows Shenzhou-21 astronauts performing extravehicular activities (EVAs) outside China's orbiting space station. The Shenzhou-21 crew aboard China's orbiting space station completed their mission's second series of EVAs on Monday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). The astronaut trio -- Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang -- worked for roughly seven hours and completed their tasks at 7:35 p.m. (Beijing Time), assisted by the space station's robotic arm and a team on Earth. The trio completed the installation of a space debris protection device for the space station along with other tasks. Zhang Lu and Wu Fei, who have conducted spacewalk operations, returned to the Wentian lab module safely, according to the CMSA.
A Long March-8A carrier rocket carrying the 20th group of low-orbit internet satellites blasts off from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site in south China's Hainan Province, March 13, 2026. China launched a Long March-8A carrier rocket on Friday in the southern island province of Hainan, sending a new group of internet satellites into space. The rocket lifted off at 3:48 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site. It successfully placed the payloads, the 20th group of low-orbit internet satellites, into preset orbit.
BEIJING, March 10 (Xinhua) -- A team of Chinese scientists has unveiled a high-resolution atlas detailing the global distribution of lunar surface chemistry, a significant advance that fills a critical data gap in the geological study of the moon's far side.
BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) -- The Long March-8A Y8 carrier rocket, developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, has been successfully transported to its launch pad in south China's Hainan Province.
SHENZHEN, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have developed a high-precision three-dimensional (3D) face database and achieved a breakthrough in personalized modeling, which will strongly support more natural human-computer interaction.
BEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- China took a significant step toward regulating its rapidly growing humanoid robotics industry on Saturday, with the release of the country's first national standard system covering the entire industrial chain and lifecycle of humanoid robots and embodied artificial intelligence.
