The launch of the rocket on Friday is the latest and ... The entire mission is set to last 53 days. In 2020, China returned samples from the moon’s near side, the first time anyone had done ...

"This is not the situation that is conducive to expanding our leadership in human spaceflight": U.S. Rep. George Whitesides, ...

Credit: NASA/Kuner In 2022 the first stage, Artemis I, saw the test of a new rocket and uncrewed lunar module called Orion sent around the moon and back to Earth again. Artemis II, due to launch ...

The launch vehicle, lander, and spacesuits have all reportedly entered initial development.

The Long March 8A is a modified version of the medium-lift Long March 8 rocket that began flights in 2020. It has an enhanced payload capacity of seven tonnes, allowing China to send larger ...

China will select taikonauts for its first-ever manned moon landing mission from the current pool that has participated in spaceflight missions to the China Space Station, China's first astronaut ...

China on Friday conducted a successful trial run of a super heavy-lift rocket engine that quadruples ... and the next few Chang’e missions to the moon, but a more powerful launch vehicle would ...

The SLS rocket was designated to replace the Space ... to become only the second country to put humans on the Moon by 2030. The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has been relatively ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. China started off 2019 by completing the first soft landing on the far side Earth’s moon.

The audit said the SLS rocket represented 26% of that cost ... When asked what he would do to ensure the U.S. get back to the moon before China, he said, “I take advantage of the hardware ...