The development of new spacecraft and an ambitious lunar plan put China in a position to overtake the United States in the ...

None of Pakistan’s recent space achievements would be possible without Chinese help. Is Pakistan building a space program or ...

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

Photo: Courtesy of Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences Chinese scientists have identified two previously unknown lunar minerals from the 1,731 grams of moon samples returned by Chang'e-5 mission, ...

More than half a century after Apollo 17 left the lunar surface, NASA’s plan to send astronauts back keeps getting pushed ...

“The signing of the Artemis Accords represents a historic milestone for Paraguay and reflects our commitment to international ...

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 ...

Artemis II ventured farther into space than any manned craft had gone before. Human eyes saw the far side of the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. The U.S. seemed to have captured an ...

For a decade, NASA promoted the idea of building a space station around the Moon known as the Lunar Gateway. It touted the facility as both a platform for exploring the lunar environment and testing ...

Blue Origin’s Endurance lander is the first test flight of the company’s Blue Moon Mark 1 design, a 26-foot-tall (8-meter) vehicle intended to deliver cargo and experiments to the lunar surface. Blue ...

Only with the rise of China as a hostile space power has the third attempt to return to the moon taken off, with near ...