China Space News

China announced plans to launch a manned lunar mission, construct a lunar space station and explore habitable planets and extra-terrestrial life to expand its space programme in the next few decades.

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.

China's Long March 6A rocket broke apart creating over 300 pieces of trackable debris in low Earth orbit, after achieving a significant milestone of launching 18 Qianfan satellites, the US Space Command (USSPACECOM) said today.

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 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.

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.

Just four days after being launched on its third mission, China's reusable space plane, Shenlong also known as the "Divine Dragon", allegedly released six unidentified objects in Earth's orbit.

China sent a fresh crew to its Tiangong space station on Thursday, in the latest mission for a growing space programme that plans to send people to the Moon by 2030.

China will send its youngest-ever crew of astronauts to the Tiangong space station this week, officials said Wednesday, as Beijing pursues plans for a manned mission to the Moon by the end of the decade.

The Chandrayaan-3 overcame several odds ahead of a successful soft landing on the surface of the moon last evening, catapulting India into the elite space club.

India made history at 6.04 pm this evening after Chandrayaan-3 completed a soft landing on the Moon's surface, becoming only the fourth nation - after Russia, the United States and China - to achieve this feat.

Chandrayaan-3 Landing Highlights: India's Chandrayaan-3 has landed on the moon's south pole. The successful moon mission has made India the fourth country to achieve a soft landing on the lunar surface after the US, China

It was the 476th flight mission of the Long March rocket series.

China is Tesla's second-largest market after the US, and the Shanghai plant is the electric car maker's largest production hub.

China announced plans to launch a manned lunar mission, construct a lunar space station and explore habitable planets and extra-terrestrial life to expand its space programme in the next few decades.

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.

China's Long March 6A rocket broke apart creating over 300 pieces of trackable debris in low Earth orbit, after achieving a significant milestone of launching 18 Qianfan satellites, the US Space Command (USSPACECOM) said today.

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 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.

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.

Just four days after being launched on its third mission, China's reusable space plane, Shenlong also known as the "Divine Dragon", allegedly released six unidentified objects in Earth's orbit.

China sent a fresh crew to its Tiangong space station on Thursday, in the latest mission for a growing space programme that plans to send people to the Moon by 2030.

China will send its youngest-ever crew of astronauts to the Tiangong space station this week, officials said Wednesday, as Beijing pursues plans for a manned mission to the Moon by the end of the decade.

The Chandrayaan-3 overcame several odds ahead of a successful soft landing on the surface of the moon last evening, catapulting India into the elite space club.

India made history at 6.04 pm this evening after Chandrayaan-3 completed a soft landing on the Moon's surface, becoming only the fourth nation - after Russia, the United States and China - to achieve this feat.

Chandrayaan-3 Landing Highlights: India's Chandrayaan-3 has landed on the moon's south pole. The successful moon mission has made India the fourth country to achieve a soft landing on the lunar surface after the US, China

It was the 476th flight mission of the Long March rocket series.

China is Tesla's second-largest market after the US, and the Shanghai plant is the electric car maker's largest production hub.