To establish both internal and external support, and legitimacy, for China’s space dream, Xi announced April 24, 2016 as “Space Day,” in commemoration of China’s first satellite, Dong Fang ...

Besides a space station, China is also planning to build a base on the Moon, and the country's National Space Administration said it aims to launch a crewed lunar mission by 2029.

China's pursuit of its own space dream showcases a latecomer's unremitting interests and desire to learn about the universe. During the 15-day Shenzhou-10 mission, ...

In a news release over the weekend, the China Manned Space Agency said development was “progressing well” on the spaceship Mengzhou, or Dream Vessel, the lander, Lanyue, or Embracing the Moon ...

New crew with China's first female space engineer docks at Chinese space station 00:36. Three Chinese astronauts, including the country's only woman spaceflight engineer, entered the Tiangong ...

A few months before he became China's leader in 2013, President Xi Jinping said the space dream is part of the dream to make China stronger. Well, to tell us more about this dream and what it ...

Here is a look at China’s space efforts through the decades: Mao’s pledge. Soon after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957, Chairman Mao Zedong pronounced “we too will make satellites”.

China’s space strategy is shaped by military ambitions, aspirations for technological dominance, and ubiquitous commercial considerations. ... China’s Space Dream: No Limits, No End.

China's ambitious space goals. China has ramped up plans to achieve its "space dream" under President Xi Jinping. It constructed a space station after being kept out of the International Space ...