China could outpace the US in the competition to retrieve Martian rocks and return them to Earth, marking the first time such a statement has been made by the nation’s space officials.

Under the leadership of fifth grade teacher Gary Bloemker, students from six local schools gathered at the Beaver Valley Elementary gym – turned Mars colony – on Friday to take part in a ...

A lawmaker from China's leading space contractor the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp (CASC) revealed on Thursday on the sidelines of the ongoing two sessions that China aims to carry ...

According to the Lavochkin Research and Production Association’s reports, the mission's primary goals are to land on celestial bodies and to return samples of Phobos materials to Earth MOSCOW ...