China’s rapidly expanding space program is fueling a new global space race as the United States and other powers compete for ...

State media in China, which is seeking to advance its space program, deemed the result “a major breakthrough in the country’s ...

The country is gearing up to launch a moon mission in the coming days.

On Thursday, Chinese scientist Zhang Qinghe stood before an international audience, presenting a plan to connect observation ...

Humans have been flying missions to the Moon since 1959, when the Soviet Union’s Luna 1 spacecraft passed within several ...

A Chinese rocket set to launch a satellite into orbit blew-up seconds after liftoff Monday, marking the relatively rare ...

China’s space program is having a landmark year, and clues to which nation is pulling ahead in the new moon race may be emerging.

China's Long March 7A rocket exploded roughly 85 seconds after lifting off from Wenchang on Aug. 10, destroying the ChinaSat-4B communications satellite over the South China Sea.

China became the only other entity to recover an orbital rocket booster, but used a cable net on a ship instead of landing legs.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox ...

One of China’s most used rockets, the Long March 7A, exploded a little more than a minute after lifting off on Monday evening, local time.

Within the past several weeks, China has announced a series of initiatives related to planetary defense. At the end of June, it unveiled plans to establish an asteroid early-warning network for ...