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

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

NASA sent four astronauts on the world's first crewed lunar mission in half a century on Wednesday, in preparation for a ...

With Artemis II’s Orion spacecraft and its four crew nearing a splashdown off San Diego, Calif. after a spectacularly ...

The United States has been vocal about wanting to beat China back to the surface of the Moon. In February, NASA administrator ...

On March 9, 2026, a new report highlighted a little-known stretch of the Moon that has started to draw unusual attention inside China’s lunar planning. The study focused on a region near the lunar ...

The U.S. space agency launched a lunar flyby Wednesday, but Beijing is pursuing its own space program with formidable focus.

In the two-way race between the U.S. and China to put humans back on the moon, the lunar south pole is widely considered the most prized place to land. The area is relatively resource-rich, pocked ...

China launched three astronauts into space Saturday (June 16), kicking off an ambitous test mission that marks the country's first attempt to dock a manned spaceship in orbit and its first flight of a ...

China has unveiled the three-person crew for its first manned docking spaceflight set to launch Saturday (June 16) — a mission that will send the country's first female astronaut into orbit in the ...