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Moon gear: China building lander, rover and spacesuit for lunar missions (video)
By Andrew Jones published
China is developing spacecraft and a spacesuit to allow its astronauts to land and explore the moon.
China is sending zebrafish to the Tiangong space station
By Andrew Jones published
China is planning to send zebrafish to its space station in the future as part of experiments that aid research into mitigating bone loss in astronauts.
China's Shenzhou 16 astronauts complete 1st spacewalk (video)
By Andrew Jones published
Two Chinese astronauts completed an approximately eight-hour spacewalk outside the Tiangong space station on Thursday (July 20).
China launches 4 commercial weather satellites to orbit (video)
By Andrew Jones published
A Chinese solid rocket launched a new batch of commercial satellites from the Gobi Desert on Wednesday (July 19).
China to launch moon astronauts' new spacecraft for 1st time in 2027 or 2028
By Andrew Jones published
China is planning to launch a next-generation crewed spacecraft around 2027 that will be capable of carrying astronauts to the moon and even beyond.
Return to the moon: The race we have to win (again)
By Rick Tumlinson published
The race is on. We are in a Sputnik moment — a sudden and important recognition that we are about to lose the heavens if we do not act with clarity and unity.
How China will land astronauts on the moon by 2030
By Mike Wall published
China has revealed a few details of its two-launch plan to put boots on the moon by 2030.
China just launched a methane-fueled rocket into orbit, a world's 1st for spaceflight (video)
By Elizabeth Howell published
Zhuque-2, a rocket built by the Chinese company Landspace, reached Earth orbit on July 12, becoming the first methane-fueled launcher ever to do so.
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