F rocket will launch Shenzhou 17 taikonauts Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin from the Tiangong space station from ...

The rocket's basic stats are also remarkably similar to Starship. While SpaceX's rocket is powered by 33 Raptor engines with 280 tons of thrust, the Long March 9 will have 30 YF-215 engines with ...

The Long March-5B rocket carrying a lab module for China's space station is expected to plunge to Earth, perhaps as soon as Friday, five days after its Oct. 31 launch.

The 25-ton (22.5 metric tons) core stage of a Long March 5B rocket reentered Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean this afternoon (July 30), ending its brief but controversial orbital stay.

A Long March 5B rocket has yet to pose a threat to people. Debris has, however, been found on land. Muelhaupt noted that after one of the boosters crash-landed in 2022, ...

The Chinese government confirmed that a Long March 6A rocket launched on Saturday, November 12, broke up and scattered debris in a near-Earth orbit, the South China Morning Post reports.

Mr. Zhao added that the Long March 5B had been designed to pose less danger upon re-entry. The rocket “is designed with special technology; most of the components will burn up and be destroyed ...

China continued flying the Long March 5B rocket despite the risk it posed to people on the ground. Debris fields in orbit, however, don't directly threaten any people on Earth, ...

China’s space program has been making big moves, and one of the most exciting things happening is the Long March-9 rocket.

HELSINKI — China’s Long March 10A rocket is set to have its first flight in 2026, in what will be a crucial step in the country’s efforts to get astronauts on the moon.

The Long March 9 was announced in 2016 as a big but pretty typical rocket, but the design has morphed over the years to borrow traits from SpaceX's in-development Starship.

The rocket's basic stats are also remarkably similar to Starship. While SpaceX's rocket is powered by 33 Raptor engines with 280 tons of thrust, the Long March 9 will have 30 YF-215 engines with ...