China plans to launch an unmanned probe to the moon early this week to bring back lunar rocks in the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from Earth's natural satellite since the 1970s.

The crew on the Chinese Tiangong space station enjoyed tasty treats for mid-Autumn festival while spending time looking at ...

A CNSA official confirmed work on space debris removal, a move seen as key for orbital sustainability but fraught with potential military implications.

The first of these was the loss of space shuttle Columbia in February, the second fatal shuttle accident, which signaled that ...

The Planetary Society CEO Bill Nye discusses potential cuts to NASA funding and says the cost of space exploration is small ...

Rep. Pfluger told Newsweek the LAUNCH Act boosts U.S. innovation "as adversaries like China seek to weaponize and exploit the ...

China hailed as a success its pre-dawn launch on Tuesday of a robotic spacecraft to bring back rocks from the moon in the first bid by any country to retrieve lunar surface samples since the 1970s, a ...

While the nation is a world leader in space exploration, 5G and green energy, key battlegrounds remain in AI and ...

Pakistan is preparing to take a historic leap into space exploration as two individuals will be selected this month under the ...

Chinese scientists are taking another step toward future lunar exploration by testing robotic dogs in environments designed ...

This screenshot from CCTV (China Central Television) shows China’s first moon rover Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, in an image taken by the camera on the Chang’e 3 moon lander, Dec. 15, 2013. China does not ...

The U.S. and China are in a sprint toward manned missions to the lunar surface by the end of this decade, with sights on 2029 ...