China Space Program

A Long March 2C rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on Thursday (Jan. 12), carrying the APStar 6E satellite to orbit.

China's first space station is now complete in Earth orbit — and on a new set of coins. The People's Bank of China has issued gold and silver coins in celebration of China's Tiangong space station.

China's space agency appears to have lost contact with the Tianwen 1 orbiter and Zhurong rover from the nation's 1st Mars mission.

NASA administrator Bill Nelson believes China could attempt to stake a claim over portions of the moon.

Exotic rock fragments returned to Earth from the lunar surface by Chang'e 5 in 2020 hint at diversity in volcanic activity in the moon's distant past.

China is looking to put its first astronauts around the end of the decade and we're now getting glimpses of how this plan may play out.

China's last space launch of 2022, which lifted off on Thursday (Dec. 29), has prompted a warning of falling rocket debris from the Philippine Space Agency.

Peking University wants to build the largest optical telescope in Asia and close the gap in astronomy capabilities with the rest of the world.

Earth displays its characteristic blue color as China's completed Tiangong space station, adrift high above the planet, appears in the foreground.

NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft made an epic flight to the moon, Russia invaded Ukraine and SpaceX set a few records.

China has released a small test satellite into orbit from its recently completed Tiangong space station.

China has revealed that four international experiments will fly on its historic Chang'e 6 sample-return mission to the far side of the moon in 2025.

China's space station is an achievement that solidifies the country's position alongside the U.S. and Russia as one of the world's top three space powers.

A Long March 2D rocket lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center on Wednesday (Dec. 14), carrying yet more satellites for the mysterious Yaogan 36 constellation.

The Zhuque-2 rocket developed by Chinese private space launch provider Landspace failed to reach orbit during its maiden voyage on Wednesday (Dec. 14), losing 14 satellites in the process.

Part of a Chinese rocket that launched the Yunhai 3 satellite last month is now a debris cloud of around 350 pieces.

China continued its rapid pace of space launches with a mission to add new capabilities to the country's Earth observation system.

China may end up enlarging its Tiangong space station and perhaps use it to evaluate technologies needed for possible human exploration of the moon.

Chinese scientists are analyzing rice, Thale cress and other plants after the country's Shenzhou 14 astronaut crew cultivated samples in space and brought them back to Earth.

China is now looking to launch its first planetary defense test mission a year earlier than planned and on a larger rocket.