New research from scientists with the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and published in the journal Science found that sample analysis backs up an established model of the moon as a global ...

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

the system will weigh about 80 tonnes and will require China’s super heavy-lift rocket to transport it to the moon. The team ...

The future of energy is getting even more interesting with three countries—China, Russia and India—teaming up to reach the ...

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.

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China is set to build a lunar base at the moon's south pole by 2035, with the project rolling out in two phases. The first phase will conclude by 2035, while a more comprehensive model is expected ...

The agency said in a news release on Monday that key components of the ambitious project ... China's manned lunar program will make the country the second nation to land astronauts on the moon ...

For the first time in history, a space mission has touched down on the far side of the moon. China's Chang'e-4 probe landed in the the oldest and deepest basin on the moon's surface. Making the ...

These shiny, multicolored glass beads were in samples returned from the moon by China in 2020. The beads range in size from the width of one hair to several hairs; the water content was just a ...