The first segment of Russia’s new orbital station, which Moscow sees as the next logical development in space exploration after the International Space Station (ISS), should be put into operation by 2027. President Vladimir Putin announced.

The government said that, a rocket carrying three astronauts to finish building China’s space station will blast off Tuesday amid intensifying competition with the US.

Russia will pull out of the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost.

China added a laboratory to its permanent space station as it moves toward completing the structure in coming months.

China launched a spacecraft on Sunday carrying three astronauts to the Chinese space station.

China will launch a spacecraft on Sunday carrying three astronauts to the core module of the unfinished Chinese space station.

A mysterious but apparently serious incident occurred Saturday in Cape Canaveral, Florida involving the SpaceX capsule intended to carry American astronauts into space late this year, the private company and NASA announced.