As of spring 2026, China has named the two spacecraft that will carry its astronauts to the moon, advanced a competitive ...

China is working toward its own moon landing. Could it put astronauts on the moon before NASA’s Artemis program does?

Beijing aims to send astronauts to the Moon before 2030 and establish a base there in cooperation with Russia within the next ...

China on Wednesday announced that it has selected two Pakistani astronauts for a space programme scheduled for later this ...

Pakistan astronauts Muhammad Zeeshan Ali and Khurram Daud are selected for China's space program. They will train in China.

NASA's Artemis program has drawn attention for its plan to send astronauts around the moon. But behind that mission is a broader strategic push: a renewed race between the United States and China to ...

A visiting US military leader warns China is “moving out like a world-class sprinter” in space, a development with huge ...

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 selection of the first group of foreign astronauts for the China's manned spaceflight program was completed with two ...

In 2025, China set a national record for orbital launches in a single year with over 90 launches. Chinese investment in its commercial space sector, including from private and government sources, ...

Over the first quarter of the 21st century, two major trends have transformed the global space industry. The first is the rapid rise of China’s space program, which only flew its first human to orbit ...

China’s growth trajectory overall and more particularly in the space domain has been impressive. However, John Hickman’s categorical assertions in a recent ...