China is advancing rapidly in the new space race and could reach the moon before the end of the decade—yet patience may prove ...

China sent three astronauts on Wednesday to its permanently inhabited space station, where they will conduct dozens of ...

China’s moon program is part of a growing rivalry with the U.S. and others, including Japan and India. The new team will ...

Besides putting a space station into orbit, the space agency has landed an explorer on Mars. It aims to put a person on the ...

China’s Long March 10A rocket is set to have its first flight in 2026, in what will be a crucial step in the country’s efforts to get astronauts on the moon. A model of the Long March ...

The idea is that eventually, astronauts will dock at an orbiting space station called the Lunar Gateway – and then descend to the Moon for missions. "Nasa is currently developing concepts for ...

A new crew of three Chinese astronauts, including the country's only woman spaceflight engineer, entered the Tiangong space ...

With a 50-year plan of planting trees and building timber houses on the moon and Mars, Doi’s team decided to develop ...

It aims to put a person on the moon by 2030, which would make China the second nation after the United States to do so. The space station astronauts returned after welcoming a replacement three ...

Beijing declared the launch of Shenzhou 19 a "complete success" - it is one of 100 launches China has planned in a record ...