RUWITCH: The space program is a huge point of pride for China and much more. In this propaganda clip from early 2013, Chinese leader XI Jinping, who had just taken office, describes how he sees ...

China's human spaceflight agency just conducted a crucial pad abort test for its Mengzhou spacecraft as it continues toward ...

Explore China's ambitious space program and its impact on global power dynamics. From historical origins at Caltech to ...

When Chang'e-3 became the first Chinese craft to land on the moon 10 years ago, it kicked off nationwide celebrations—and a decade of major successes for a rapidly accelerating space program.

Tianwen, which means "questions to heaven," is the name given to China's program of robotic Solar System exploration. Tianwen ...

Credit: Depositphotos As we come to the end of 2023, it is an apt time to revisit China’s priorities for its space program. In President Xi Jinping’s speech at the 20th Party Congress in ...

Officials with the Chinese Manned Space Agency said in a news conference on Monday that the program plans to place astronauts on the moon before 2030 and expand its space station.

China launched its Chang’e 6 lunar probe Friday in a first-of-its-kind mission to bring back samples from the far side of the moon.

It remains to be seen whether China's space program is in line with "scientific principles," as the country's civil and military space are co-mingled within the same government organizations.

China recently completed building the Tiangong Station, an orbitting space station. The country will soon begin training foreign astronauts for trips to the station.

The Pentagon is concerned that China’s growing network of facilities in Latin America and Antarctica for its civilian space programs has defense capabilities.

It is that last part of China’s space remit that is turning the most heads in the West—particularly its planned flights to the moon. On March 24, the Queqiao-2 satellite entered lunar orbit ...