Chinese space-technology players are looking to grow their reach, experts say. They’re closing in on Elon Musk and company.

China is making progress on its Tianwen 3 Mars sample-return mission, which aims to launch in 2028 and return a collection of Red Planet dirt and rock to Earth in 2031.

According to Hou, microscopic, molecular and isotopic analyses of the samples could provide important insights into Mars' geology and help determine whether the planet was ever habitable.

SpaceX hits Falcon 9 milestone. SpaceX launched a trio of satellites for its oldest commercial customer, SES, on a Falcon 9 ...

China’s sprawling state-owned rocket developer, maker of the country’s Long March rocket family, announced it recovered a reusable orbital-class booster for the first time Friday in the South China ...

China conducts four launches inside 48 hours as launch options diversify China carried out four launches in quick succession, starting Tuesday, using its Jiuquan and Hainan spaceports and a maritime ...

China announced Wednesday that it will build a dedicated planetary protection laboratory inside Hefei's Deep-Space Science City — a purpose-built facility designed to receive, quarantine, and study ...

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Europe's Vega C lifts a pair of Earth-observation satellites from French Guiana, China targets five launches, and Russia ...

By Maxim Shemetov WENCHANG, China, Aug 20 (Reuters) - On a sweltering August night, thousands on China's Hainan island thronged the beaches around the Wenchang Space Launch Site, phones raised, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Chang'e-7 lunar probe atop its carrier rocket last week at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in China's Hainan Province. - ...