China’s space program has grown from modest beginnings into one of the most ambitious efforts in human history. With plans that span the Moon, Mars, space stations, and long-term resource control, ...

China has just notched a space achievement that quietly shifts the balance of exploration. By bringing back the first rocks ...

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. The ...

NASA's Artemis II crewed mission to the moon shows how U.S. space strategy has changed since Apollo -- and contrasts with ...

The first is the rapid rise of China’s space program, which only flew its first human to orbit in 2003 but now boasts spaceflight capabilities second only to the United States. The second trend is the ...

SpaceX's Starship, the world's largest rocket, has inspired several Chinese companies to develop similar spacecraft designs.

China has launched its first round-trip mission to the moon with a robotic spacecraft, a mission that will pave the way for the country's planned lunar sample-return program. An advanced Long March 3C ...

SpaceX's Starship, the world's largest rocket that could launch in 2026 in Florida, has inspired no shortage of imitations in ...