As of spring 2026, China has named the two spacecraft that will carry its astronauts to the moon, advanced a competitive design process for a crewed lunar rover, and continued building a heavy-lift rocket powerful enough to leave Earth orbit.

China is working toward its own moon landing. Could it put astronauts on the moon before NASA’s Artemis program does?

NASA’s Artemis II program is part of a new global space race. This time, world powers have much bigger ambitions.

Humanity first reached the moon in 1969. We went back a few times, then lost interest within three short years, and we haven’t been back since. NASA has just flew a quartet of astronauts

The probe for China's Chang'e-7 lunar mission has been safely transported to the Wenchang Space Launch Site in South China's Hainan Province as of the evening of April 9, 2026. Ph

China saw its first woman to ever walk in space when she worked on the Chinese space station Tianhe on Nov. 7. China Manned Space Engineering Network posted video to Weibo showing Wang Yaping leaving and re-entering the module, along with fellow astronaut ...

BEIJING (AP) — China launched the Shenzhou 22 spacecraft on Tuesday to help bring back a team of astronauts after a damaged spacecraft left them temporarily stranded on China’s space station. Today in History: April 11, Florida man who shot Trayvon ...

China has put its first dedicated offshore rocket test platform into service off the coast of Shandong province, a move that sharpens an already tense question: how close will Beijing’s expanding sea-launch program come to the disputed South China Sea?