China has successfully conducted its first sea-based rocket launch of the ... On Monday, 13 January 2025, the Smart Dragon-3 carrier rocket lifted off from the waters near Haiyang, Shandong ...

China is planning a massive deep-sea station 6,561ft below the surface of highly contested waters in the South China Sea. The research centre, described as a "deep-sea space station" in a report ...

China on Friday conducted a successful trial run of a super heavy-lift rocket engine that quadruples its current power and would place it among the world’s most powerful liquid fuel engines ...

China has officially greenlit the creation of a new deep-sea research facility in the South China Sea, an important step for both scientific exploration and geopolitical strategy. Positioned 2,000 ...

China’s space programme has moved a step closer to crewed lunar and interplanetary missions with the completion of a prototype super heavy-lift rocket engine, according to state media.