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

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

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

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 ...

China’s space program has expanded at a pace few expected, moving from basic launches to space stations, Moon missions, and ...

BEIJING (AP) — China launched the Shenzhou 22 spacecraft on Tuesday to help bring back a team of astronauts after a damaged spacecraft left them temporarily stranded on China’s space station.

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

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 ...

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 growth trajectory overall and more particularly in the space domain has been impressive. However, John Hickman’s categorical assertions in a recent ...

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 ...