Andrew Jones

A video outlining China's moon base plans depicts a wide number of concepts, including surface sample return operations, a lander and rover, and supporting orbital satellites.

The atlas, which is available in Chinese and English, depicts the surface of the moon with a scale of 1:2.5 million. It highlights many intriguing geological features, such as impact craters.

A Long March 2F rocket lifted off from China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center today (April 25), carrying the Shenzhou 18 spacecraft and its three-person crew into orbit.

China has unveiled the three-person crew for its Shenzhou 18 mission, which is set to launch toward the Tiangong space station on Thursday (April 25).

China has made progress on a powerful rocket engine to power its new reusable rockets that are expected to launch the nation's planned crewed moon missions.

The mission aims to assist the later removal of spunk junk, an issue that threatens the sustainable use of orbital space above the Earth.

A pair of small experimental satellites have begun tests related to future lunar communication and navigation services for China's moon ambitions.

Trio of astronauts will be the seventh to visit Tiangong.

China is making progress on two new pads for commercial space launches from the island of Hainan.

China's state-owned space contractor plans to catch its new reusable rockets with constricting wires, as a new video dramatically shows.

Boeing and Aurora Flight Sciences are suing Virgin Galactic for unpaid work and trade secrets related to a new mothership aircraft for Virgin Galactic’s next-generation space planes.

The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully carried out a landing test with its prototype space plane last week.

A Japanese company's first orbital launch attempt ended in a dramatic failure just seconds after liftoff on Wednesday, March 13.

NASA has canceled the complex and costly OSAM-1 satellite-servicing demonstration mission.

A pair of Chinese astronauts spent eight hours outside their Tiangong Space Station last weekend to carry out repairs on solar arrays.

The small device will be headed on a long journey to the Red Planet's neighborhood.

NASA's bold plan to get pristine samples of Mars to Earth for analysis is facing major challenges, according to a new report.

China will debut several new Long March rockets this year to boost its options for space launches.

China's human spaceflight agency has given names to spacecraft being developed to put astronauts on the moon: Mengzhou ("Dream Vessel") and Lanyue ("Embracing the Moon").

India has revealed a shortlist of air force pilots who will fly on the country's first human spaceflight mission, which is targeted for 2025.

As Europe's ERS-2 satellite tumbled through the sky, radar images picked up some of the damage it experienced during its final moments.

India's next Mars mission may include a helicopter that follows in the footsteps of NASA's pioneering Ingenuity drone.

Intuitive Machines' lander, named Odysseus, will try today (Feb. 22) to become the first private spacecraft ever to touch down softly on the moon. But what is the lander carrying?

NASA's UltraViolet EXplorer (UVEX) spacecraft will launch in 2030 to conduct an all-sky survey in ultraviolet light to bring new understanding of how stars and galaxies evolve.

Uruguay has joined the Artemis Accords, the United States' effort to establish widespread principles to guide space exploration.