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

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

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

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

Humanity first reached the moon in 1969. We went back a few times, then lost interest within three short years, and we ...

NASA's Artemis program has drawn attention for its plan to send astronauts around the moon. But behind that mission is a ...

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 ...

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, ...

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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 ...