China's Mars craft enters parking orbit before landing rover China says its Tianwen-1 spacecraft has entered a temporary parking orbit around Mars in anticipation of landing a rover on the red planet in the coming months By The Associated Press February...

-- Over 300 leaders of foreign parties and public figures from more than 80 countries and regio...

BEIJING, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- By removing all its national-level poverty-stricken counties fr...

Not to be sniffed at: Agony of post-COVID-19 loss of smell A year into the coronavirus pandemic, doctors are striving to better understand and treat patients who lose their sense of smell By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press February 23, 2021, 7:26 AM •...

President Xi Jinping waves to residents who are quarantined at home and sends regards to them a...

MA XUEJING/CHINA DAILYAlthough vaccination against the novel coronavirus is on in full swing...

NASA releases Mars landing video: 'Stuff of our dreams' NASA has released the first high-quality video of a spacecraft landing on Mars By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer February 23, 2021, 12:50 AM • 3 min read Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Email...

UK data: COVID-19 vaccines sharply cut hospitalizations Two U.K. studies released Monday showed that COVID-19 vaccination programs are contributing to a sharp drop in hospitalizations, boosting hopes that the shots will work as well in the real world as...

Bone cancer survivor to join billionaire on SpaceX flight A bone cancer survivor who's now a physician assistant will join a billionaire on SpaceX's first private spaceflight this fall By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer February 22, 2021, 11:44 AM • 3...

Space station launch honors 'Hidden Figures' mathematician A space station supply ship has blasted off from Virginia on the 59th anniversary of John Glenn's historic flight By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer February 20, 2021, 5:38 PM • 2 min read CAP...