Experts agree China is a valid threat to NASA's return to the moon plans. Here's why there is a rush to get SLS off the ...

Visitors inspect and take a photo of the lunar samples retrieved from the moon by China's Chang'e 5 spacecraft displayed at ...

Beware, NASA, there's a new sheriff in town. While the U.S. is still prepping its next Moon landing under the Artemis program ...

China embarked on Thursday on its first mission to retrieve samples from a nearby asteroid, with the nighttime launch of its Tianwen-2 spacecraft, set to make the fast-growing space power the third ...

China's Tianwen-2 mission, launched on May 28, 2025, aims to collect samples from the quasi-satellite asteroid 469219 ...

Chinese state media says the mission aims ‘to shed light on the formation and evolution of asteroids’ and the Earth.

Carrying the Tianwen-2 asteroid probe, China's Long March-3B carrier rocket takes off from the Xichang Satellite Launch ...

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Scientists discovered 'alien' bacteria on China’s Tiangong space station, raising questions about life in space.

China has achieved a milestone feat, making the first-ever laser ranging measurement from Earth to the moon during the daytime.

XICHANG -- China successfully launched its first asteroid sample-return mission, Tianwen 2, in the early hours of Thursday, ...