In safety test, safety capsule touched down with airbag cushioning to ensure astronauts survive during rocket failures at ...

01:57 China’s Chang’e-6 mission returns to Earth with first samples from moon’s far side China ... engines ignited while grounded at the launch complex. Within 20 seconds, the return ...

Watch a Long March 10 rocket launch a crewed spacecraft and lander to the moon in this animation from the China National ...

A new image released by China's space agency offers the first glimpse at the Tianwen 2 spacecraft, which is en route to ...

In fact, Tianwen 2 isn't China's first sample-return mission; the nation has pulled off two already. Chang'e 5 hauled ...

Photograph by China National Space Administration What is Chang'e-4, and what's significant about its landing? The Chang'e-4 probe is the latest mission sent to the moon by CNSA, the Chinese space ...

China's Chang'e-6 mission landed on the moon’s South Pole-Aitken Basin, according to the China National Space Administration ...

Tianwen, which means "questions to heaven," is the name given to China's program of robotic Solar System exploration. Tianwen-3 has a chance to become the first mission to return pristine samples from ...

China has completed another major test as it prepares to land astronauts on the Moon. The China Manned Space Engineering ...

China’s Tianwen-2 launched May 29 to collect asteroid samples and study a distant comet, marking a major step in the nation’s ...

A new memorandum has firmed up China and Russia's intent to lead the construction of a new lunar base to be completed by 2036, as NASA talks about scaling back its own lunar ambitions.

Like the USA and several other countries, China has expressed a growing interest in a manned mission to the Moon in the ...