As of spring 2026, China has named the two spacecraft that will carry its astronauts to the moon, advanced a competitive design process for a crewed lunar rover, and continued building a heavy-lift ...

NASA's Perseverance rover may have uncovered hints of ancient Martian life, but China's Tianwen 3 mission could be the first to deliver samples back to Earth. When you purchase through links on our ...

The Chang'e-4 mission's Yutu-2Rover is still active on the lunar surface. The Chang'e-4 mission landed on the moon in 2019.

China is rounding off what has been a year of big progress in space, including major crewed lunar landing tests, new rockets and booster landing attempts, a new deep space mission and even ...

In recent years, China’s outer space diplomacy and exploration has grown exponentially, especially as China readies itself to send its first human astronaut to the moon before 2030. However, beyond ...

This screenshot from CCTV (China Central Television) shows China’s first moon rover Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, in an image taken by the camera on the Chang’e 3 moon lander, Dec. 15, 2013. China does not ...

China’s Mengzhou spacecraft crew module launches away from the pad during a successful pad abort test at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on June 17, 2025. Credit: CMSEO HELSINKI — China aims to ...

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HELSINKI — A state-owned space contractor has unveiled a concept for an “economical lunar cargo transport” system as China prepares for construction of a lunar base. An exhibit put on display by the ...

China on Wednesday announced that it has selected two Pakistani astronauts as candidates for its manned space programme scheduled for this year, the South China Morning Post reported. After undergoing ...

AROUND A DECADE ago Xi Jinping said he dreamed of making China a “space power”. Since then, the country has put a rover on Mars and built one of the two operational space stations orbiting Earth. Now ...

In 1969, the United States landed a man on the moon, beating the Soviet Union to become the first to set foot on lunar soil after years of what was known as the space race. The research and innovation ...