Their average age is 38, state media China Daily said. Beijing is pursuing plans to place astronauts on the moon before the end of the decade amid a rivalry with the U.S. for reaching new ...
A race has begun to see whether the U.S., China or Russia can be first to sustain a long-term human presence on Earth's ...
China has shared the first images showing the entirety its new Tiangong space station in orbit about 230 miles above Earth.
Three Chinese astronauts — from left, Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin — wave during a send-off ceremony for China's Shenzhou-17 crewed spaceflight mission, in Jiuquan in Gansu ...
A render depicting future ILRS infrastructure on the moon. Azerbaijan, Pakistan and Belarus joined the project in October 2023. Credit: CNSA/Roscosmos HELSINKI — China has added a United Arab ...
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, astronaut Gui Haichao waves as he is carried out of the re-entry capsule of the Shenzhou-14 manned space mission after it landed successfully at the ...
A new federal report finds NASA’s plans to put astronauts back on the Moon in 2025 via the multiphase Artemis program was ...
GOBI DESERT, China — When China's first astronaut Yang Liwei blasted off into space in 2003, it was a history-making moment that declared his country's arrival as an emerging space power.
A fast-track schedule, along with delays developing SpaceX's moon lander and new Axiom spacesuits, make the first Artemis ...
JIUQUAN SATELLITE LAUNCH CENTER, China--China launched its youngest-ever crew for its orbiting space station on Thursday as it seeks to put astronauts on the moon before 2030. The Shenzhou 17 ...
China launched its youngest-ever crew for its orbiting space station on Thursday as it seeks to put astronauts on the moon before 2030.The Shenzhou 17 spacecraft lifted off from the Jiuquan ...
A Long March rocket carrying a crew of Chinese astronauts in a Shenzhou-17 spaceship lifts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy ...
