Humans have been flying missions to the Moon since 1959, when the Soviet Union’s Luna 1 spacecraft passed within several ...

A Chinese rocket set to launch a satellite into orbit blew-up seconds after liftoff Monday, marking the relatively rare failure for a rocket considered the workhorse of Beijing’s space program.

It was supposed to be a grand contest between China and the United States, but now both sides seem to be falling behind on ...

China's space program suffered a major setback Monday when a Long March 7A rocket carrying an unknown payload exploded shortly after launching from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in southern China.

China’s rapidly expanding space program is fueling a new global space race as the United States and other powers compete for ...

China defines space superiority as achieving space logistics and infrastructure, and then using them for the kind of war it ...

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 ...

On Thursday, Chinese scientist Zhang Qinghe stood before an international audience, presenting a plan to connect observation ...

An unpiloted Chinese spacecraft launched late Monday and linked up with the country’s Tiangong space station a few hours later, providing a lifeboat for three astronauts stuck in orbit without a safe ...

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'China's Space Dream,' ASIA 4100, brings aerospace engineers, Chinese language students and international affairs majors into one room—and a visiting journalist from the South China Morning Post into ...