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’s space program has expanded at a pace few expected, moving from basic launches to space stations, Moon missions, and deep-space exploration in just a few decades. With long-term planning, heavy ...

China has successfully launched its fourth reusable spacecraft mission since the program in 2020.

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 ...

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

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

BEIJING (AP) — The stranded crew of a Chinese space mission is “in good condition, working and living normally,” China’s Manned Space Engineering office said on Tuesday. The three astronauts on the ...

SpaceX's Starship, the world's largest rocket that could launch in 2026 in Florida, has inspired no shortage of imitations in ...

BEIJING (AP) — Three Chinese astronauts returned from their nation's space station Friday after more than a week's delay because the return capsule they had planned to use was damaged, likely from ...

SpaceX's Starship, the world's largest rocket that launches in South Texas, has inspired several companies in China to develop similar designs.

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.