As of spring 2026, China has named the two spacecraft that will carry its astronauts to the moon, advanced a competitive ...

NASA’s Artemis II program is part of a new global space race. This time, world powers have much bigger ambitions.

Beijing aims to send astronauts to the Moon before 2030 and establish a base there in cooperation with Russia within the next decade. NASA, which has accelerated its lunar efforts with the Artemis ...

NASA's Artemis program has drawn attention for its plan to send astronauts around the moon. But behind that mission is a broader strategic push: a renewed race between the United States and China to ...

A visiting US military leader warns China is “moving out like a world-class sprinter” in space, a development with huge ...

Researchers prepare to weigh Chang'e 6 lunar samples during a returner opening ceremony at the China Academy of Space ...

China on Wednesday announced that it has selected two Pakistani astronauts for a space programme scheduled for later this ...

The selection of the first group of foreign astronauts for the China's manned spaceflight program was completed with two ...

China saw its first woman to ever walk in space when she worked on the Chinese space station Tianhe on Nov. 7. China Manned Space Engineering Network posted video to Weibo showing Wang Yaping leaving ...

On 1970, China became the fifth nation to independently launch a satellite into orbit. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series ...