China's space program leaps ahead as 'taikonauts' in orbit

China’s space ambitions have forged ahead as three astronauts arrived at the country’s nascent space station.

A decade in the making, SpaceX launch foiled by the weather

SpaceX, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s private rocket company, has been forced by foul weather to scrub a planned launch of two Americans into orbit from Florida, a mission that would be the first spaceflight of NASA astronauts from US soil in nine years.

International Space Station

China's space program leaps ahead as 'taikonauts' in orbit

A decade in the making, SpaceX launch foiled by the weather