BEIJING--China plans to land astronauts on the moon before 2030, in what would be another advance in what's increasingly seen as a new space race pitting the Asian autocracy against the United ...
Chinese officials on Wednesday unveiled new details about their plans for a manned lunar mission, as China attempts to become only the second nation to put citizens on the moon. Zhang Hailian ...
Work is underway in China to create Moon exploration tools, including a mobile rover to support lunar south pole investigations. Image credit: China Manned Space Engineering Office. China’s ...
China has unveiled plans to send astronauts to the moon by 2030, racing to join the U.S. as the only countries to put people on the moon. China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) deputy chief engineer ...
China is looking for names for two spacecraft which will one day deliver the nation's astronauts to the surface of the moon. The country is aiming to land a pair of astronauts on the moon before ...
NASA is banned by U.S. law from collaborating with China, directly or indirectly. As of September, 29 countries - including India, which landed a probe near the moon's south pole in August - have ...
With no space race and no threat of a Chinese space hegemony, supporters of the Artemis program will have to scramble for other reasons to return to the moon.
The Chang’e-7 and Chang’e-8 missions will follow in 2026 and 2028 respectively. These will involve multiple spacecraft and target the south pole region of the moon. Chang’e-8 will include in-situ ...
While the Pentagon sees the Space Force as a tool to fight the last war here on Earth, its leaders must prepare for its real ...
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) took to social media on Friday to preview mission, saying the project was going “as planned” and that the launch would take place in 2024. “The ...
Japan launched its “moon sniper” lunar spacecraft from its southern coast on Thursday in an effort to become the fifth nation in the world to land an object on the moon, amid an ongoing global ...
China is looking for names for two spacecraft which will one day deliver the nation's astronauts to the surface of the moon. The country is aiming to land a pair of astronauts on the moon before 2030 ...
