As of spring 2026, China has named the two spacecraft that will carry its astronauts to the moon, advanced a competitive design process for a crewed lunar rover, and continued building a heavy-lift ...

China’s space program has expanded at a remarkable pace, developing its own space station, lunar landers, Mars missions, and ...

Beijing aims to send astronauts to the Moon before 2030 and establish a base there in cooperation with Russia within the next decade. NASA, which has accelerated its lunar efforts with the Artemis ...

China and the U.S. are racing to establish a permanent presence on the moon with the explicit mission of mining – and ...

A handful of other countries have their own lunar programs, as does the European Union. Through 2030, governments and private entities have planned more than 400 missions in the next two decades to ...

The significance of China's lunar exploration program has transcended national achievement. It has made unique contributions ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Earth sets at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, over the Moon's curved limb in this photo captured by the Artemis II crew during their ...

Wu Fei (C) and Zhang Hongzhang attend a send-off ceremony at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Oct.

During the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030), China will foster new quality productive forces in the space industry, and build a new pattern of space development, noted CNSA Administrator Shan ...