During the Cold War, the U.S. and USSR raced to be first to send robotic and human explorers to the Moon, traversing lunar terrain and returning samples to Earth. These exploits and their scientific ...

A team of geologists at the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, the Institute of Space Sciences and the Shandong ...

China will select taikonauts for its first-ever manned moon landing mission from the current pool that has participated in ...

Recent findings from samples collected by China's Chang'e 6 mission have provided valuable insights into the history of the moon, particularly its far side. The Chang'e 6 mission launched in early ...

"This is not the situation that is conducive to expanding our leadership in human spaceflight": U.S. Rep. George Whitesides, ...

Chinese researchers have successfully conducted robotic tests on Earth, replicating the microgravity conditions of the Moon, ...

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

[Photo/CNSA/Handout via Xinhua] China is making steady progress in its manned lunar exploration program ... second nation to land astronauts on the moon, significantly boosting its global space ...

All these events of China's Mars exploration mission mark a new example ... scientific basis for mankind to study the origins of the moon, its evolution and other major scientific issues.

And in 2013, China’s Chang’e 3 touched down on the Moon — the first soft lunar landing in 37 years. Today, a new golden age of lunar exploration is in full swing. Although the return of ...