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

China’s space program is no longer a side story. Shut out of international cooperation, it built its own space station, ran a ...

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

NASA's Artemis program has drawn attention for its plan to send astronauts around the moon. But behind that mission is a ...

The program aims to create a space human atlas, establish a space human research database, and yield a series of innovative research outcomes that ...

China’s Kinetica-2 rocket debuts successfully, sending prototype cargo spacecraft to orbit Chinese firm CAS Space successfully reached orbit with the first launch of its Kinetica-2 launch vehicle ...

Walking on the moon by 2030, building a lunar base, and then perhaps on to Mars: after 30 years of honing its expertise, ...

HELSINKI — A state-owned space contractor has unveiled a concept for an “economical lunar cargo transport” system as China prepares for construction of a lunar base. An exhibit put on display by the ...

China saw its first woman to ever walk in space when she worked on the Chinese space station Tianhe on Nov. 7. China Manned Space Engineering Network posted video to Weibo showing Wang Yaping leaving ...

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 ...