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

These days, the upgraded Long March 3B/E is the workhorse of China's Long March rocket family, with an extended first stage and boosters raising its payload capability to 12,100 pounds (5,500 kg).

China announced the successful launch of the Long March 5 rocket on Friday, a development that could pave the way for more ambitious space projects such as missions to the Moon and Mars, along ...

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 200 tons of thrust. Both engines use methane and liquid oxygen as fuel.

The Long March 5B can deliver up to 25 tons to LEO, but mass producing the 53.7-meter-long, five-meter-diameter rocket is challenging. The Long March 8 will provide another avenue.

China has been responsible for several space debris incidents beyond the latest problems with the Long March 6A rocket. In 2007, China destroyed one of its own spacecraft in an anti-satellite ...

Long March 9 First Stage Rocket is Fully Reusable Too. It was revealed that this two-stage Long March 9 will also have one fully reusable rocket configuration for its first stage, powered by 30 YF ...

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.

A Long March 3B rocket carrying the Beidou-3GEO3 satellite lifts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang in China's southwestern Sichuan province on June 23, 2020.

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 200 tons of thrust. Both engines use methane and liquid oxygen as fuel.