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China’s fourth generation of astronauts, including two from Hong Kong and Macao, are undergoing a comprehensive training programme in Beijing to prepare for upcoming lunar missions. This rigorous process includes specialised physical training, lectures, and over 200 detailed programmes covering critical lunar surface operations. The cohort's dive...

Three Chinese astronauts including the country's only woman spaceflight engineer blasted off on a "dream" mission to the Tiangong space station.

Headed by Cai Xuzhe, the team will carry out their mission before returning to Earth in "late April or early May next year".

A Chinese company will launch sales on Thursday of two tickets for a commercial spaceflight planned for 2027.

Chinese scientists have discovered a "brand-new method" of producing large quantities of water using lunar soil brought back from a 2020 expedition, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Thursday.

The United States unveiled sanctions Wednesday against a network of half a dozen people and five firms in China it accuses of supporting North Korea's ballistic missile and space programs.

NASA regularly shares stunning images from our universe, leaving the space lovers mesmerised. This time, the American space agency shared a captivating image showing gigantic jets soaring from a thunderstorm towards the Himalayas in China and Bhutan.

China on Tuesday announced the first astronaut candidates from its special administrative regions of Macau and Hong Kong, with the latter calling it a "glorious page" in the city's history.

A module of a Chinese lunar probe successfully took off from the far side of the Moon on Tuesday carrying samples to be taken back to Earth, state media reported.

China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe successfully landed on the far side of the Moon to collect samples, state news agency Xinhua reported Sunday -- the latest leap for Beijing's decades-old space programme.

China launched the Chang'e-6 space probe Friday on a mission to collect samples from the far side of the moon, state media said.

China will launch a probe, Chang'e-6, to collect samples from the far side of the Moon, a world first as Beijing pushes ahead with an ambitious programme that aims to send a crewed lunar mission by 2030.

The chief of US space agency NASA has told lawmakers in Washington that China is using civilian programmes to hide military objectives in space.

Russia and China are considering putting a nuclear power plant on the moon from 2033-35, Yuri Borisov, the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos said on Tuesday, something he said could one day allow lunar settlements to be built.

A newspaper ad hailing the creation of a second launch pad for India's space agency ISRO - in Tamil Nadu's Kulsekarapatinam - has triggered a furious row after what an image of the Chinese flag figured prominently on the rocket in the poster.

China’s fourth generation of astronauts, including two from Hong Kong and Macao, are undergoing a comprehensive training programme in Beijing to prepare for upcoming lunar missions. This rigorous process includes specialised physical training, lectures, and over 200 detailed programmes covering critical lunar surface operations. The cohort's dive...

Three Chinese astronauts including the country's only woman spaceflight engineer blasted off on a "dream" mission to the Tiangong space station.

Headed by Cai Xuzhe, the team will carry out their mission before returning to Earth in "late April or early May next year".

A Chinese company will launch sales on Thursday of two tickets for a commercial spaceflight planned for 2027.

Chinese scientists have discovered a "brand-new method" of producing large quantities of water using lunar soil brought back from a 2020 expedition, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Thursday.

The United States unveiled sanctions Wednesday against a network of half a dozen people and five firms in China it accuses of supporting North Korea's ballistic missile and space programs.

NASA regularly shares stunning images from our universe, leaving the space lovers mesmerised. This time, the American space agency shared a captivating image showing gigantic jets soaring from a thunderstorm towards the Himalayas in China and Bhutan.

China on Tuesday announced the first astronaut candidates from its special administrative regions of Macau and Hong Kong, with the latter calling it a "glorious page" in the city's history.

A module of a Chinese lunar probe successfully took off from the far side of the Moon on Tuesday carrying samples to be taken back to Earth, state media reported.

China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe successfully landed on the far side of the Moon to collect samples, state news agency Xinhua reported Sunday -- the latest leap for Beijing's decades-old space programme.

China launched the Chang'e-6 space probe Friday on a mission to collect samples from the far side of the moon, state media said.

China will launch a probe, Chang'e-6, to collect samples from the far side of the Moon, a world first as Beijing pushes ahead with an ambitious programme that aims to send a crewed lunar mission by 2030.

The chief of US space agency NASA has told lawmakers in Washington that China is using civilian programmes to hide military objectives in space.

Russia and China are considering putting a nuclear power plant on the moon from 2033-35, Yuri Borisov, the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos said on Tuesday, something he said could one day allow lunar settlements to be built.

A newspaper ad hailing the creation of a second launch pad for India's space agency ISRO - in Tamil Nadu's Kulsekarapatinam - has triggered a furious row after what an image of the Chinese flag figured prominently on the rocket in the poster.