These advancements in China’s reusable rocket and lunar exploration programs come as NASA prepares to launch a crew of four astronauts on a loop around the far side of the Moon as soon as next month.

China has just notched a space achievement that quietly shifts the balance of exploration. By bringing back the first rocks ...

China’s space program has expanded at a pace few expected, moving from basic launches to space stations, Moon missions, and ...

China tests crewed spacecraft abort and rocket recovery in major lunar milestone China took a major step forward in its lunar ...

China plans to build space-based data centers as part of its space+ initiative, signaling a major shift in digital infrastructure beyond Earth.

China on Wednesday successfully conducted a low-altitude demonstration and verification flight test of its Long March-10 carrier rocket and a maximum dynamic pressure abort flight test of its ...

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 ...

China has launched a reusable experimental spacecraft, completing the fourth publicly known mission in its recoverable spaceflight program.

NASA's Artemis II crewed mission to the moon shows how U.S. space strategy has changed since Apollo -- and contrasts with China's closed program.