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

Beijing aims to send astronauts to the Moon before 2030 and establish a base there in cooperation with Russia within the next ...

China is working toward its own moon landing. Could it put astronauts on the moon before NASA’s Artemis program does?

China’s space program is no longer a side story. Shut out of international cooperation, it built its own space station, ran a string of successful lunar missions, and is now aiming to land taikonauts ...

NASA's Artemis program has drawn attention for its plan to send astronauts around the moon. But behind that mission is a ...

The probe for China's Chang'e-7 lunar mission has been safely transported to the Wenchang Space Launch Site in South China's Hainan Province as of the evening of April 9, 2026. Ph ...

Humanity first reached the moon in 1969. We went back a few times, then lost interest within three short years, and we ...

In 2025, China set a national record for orbital launches in a single year with over 90 launches. Chinese investment in its commercial space sector, including from private and government sources, ...

China’s explosive climb in space is jolting America’s intelligence agencies, triggering new warnings about how fast Beijing is moving and how much the United States risks losing in the race above ...

SpaceX's Starship, the world's largest rocket, has inspired several Chinese companies to develop similar spacecraft designs. NASA plans to use Starship for its Artemis program to land astronauts on ...

Over the first quarter of the 21st century, two major trends have transformed the global space industry. The first is the rapid rise of China’s space program, which only flew its first human to orbit ...