China’s space program is having a landmark year, and clues to which nation is pulling ahead in the new moon race may be emerging.

In keeping with the principle of proceeding prudently and reliably, and ensuring absolute success, after a comprehensive assessment it has been determined that the Chang’e 7 mission does not meet the ...

China said on Sunday it was postponing its planned ambitious Chang'e-7 lunar mission, which was set to carry out explorations including searching for water ice on the moon. The Chang'e-7 spacecraft ...

China's next generation of astronauts is training for the Moon. Here's how caves, spacesuits, spacecraft and lunar landers fit into the plan.

With Artemis II’s Orion spacecraft and its four crew nearing a splashdown off San Diego, Calif. after a spectacularly successful flyby of the moon, NASA’s plan to return humans to the lunar surface ...

TIANJIN, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- China has advanced its push for a crewed moon landing by 2030, with its lunar spacesuit and a ...

During the Apollo missions, scientists discovered rare earth elements in its lunar samples. China and the U.S. are now ...

China is set to launch its Chang’e-7 unmanned, robotic space mission, possibly as early as Monday morning, to look for ice water in the permanently shadowed craters of the moon’s south pole. This ...

It also reminds me another thing. The US has been repeatedly claiming the threat of Chinese astronauts landing on the Moon before the US returns. One of the reasons is that "China can claim the ...