China’s crewed lunar program has moved from blueprints to prototype testing, with the Mengzhou spacecraft and Lanyue lander ...

China has successfully recovered a reusable rocket booster for the first time after the maiden flight of its Long March-10B rocket.

For China, planetary defense is about building its international image and strengthening national security. However, the same ...

China launched and partially recovered a rocket, a milestone for Beijing’s space program as it competes with the U.S. and Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

China became the only other entity to recover an orbital rocket booster, but used a cable net on a ship instead of landing legs.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox ...

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 ...

An unpiloted Chinese spacecraft launched late Monday and linked up with the country’s Tiangong space station a few hours later, providing a lifeboat for three astronauts stuck in orbit without a safe ...

China's Shenzhou-20 spacecraft took a hit from a piece of space debris floating through orbit, causing Chinese officials to delay the spacecraft's return from its Tiangong space station in early ...

'China's Space Dream,' ASIA 4100, brings aerospace engineers, Chinese language students and international affairs majors into one room—and a visiting journalist from the South China Morning Post into ...

A handful of other countries have their own lunar programs, as does the European Union. Through 2030, governments and private entities have planned more than 400 missions in the next two decades to ...