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 ...

China’s space program has expanded at a remarkable pace, developing its own space station, lunar landers, Mars missions, and ...

China and the U.S. are racing to establish a permanent presence on the moon with the explicit mission of mining – and ...

A visiting US military leader warns China is “moving out like a world-class sprinter” in space, a development with huge ...

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 ...

NASA races to build a $20 billion lunar base as China and Russia advance moon ambitions, with experts warning China holds the ...

Two Chinese astronauts boarded the Tiangong 2 space laboratory on Tuesday after their spacecraft docked successfully during a two-hour automated procedure. This latest step in the Chinese space ...

Walking on the moon by 2030, building a lunar base, and then perhaps on to Mars: after 30 years of honing its expertise, China is challenging the United States' supremacy in spaceflight. As US space ...

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, ...

The selection of the first group of foreign astronauts for the China's manned spaceflight program was completed with two ...