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China's Chang'e 7 moon-landing mission will apparently include a flag that can flutter in the moon's thin and tenuous atmosphere.
The Philippines pushed back by unfurling its own flag at disputed Sandy Cay, condemning China's "illegal presence." ...
Most of the American flags on the surface of the moon are still standing to this day. Unfortunately, they're not visible, even through a telescope.
China plans to send a flying robot to the far side of the moon next year to search for the frozen water that could hold the key to future lunar exploration, as the country pushes forward with its ...
China is considering building a nuclear plant on the moon to power the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) it is planning with Russia, a presentation by a senior official showed on Wednesday.
The Moon will soon get its first flapping flag, thanks to elementary school students from Changsha in central China's Hunan Province. When the USA first sent astronauts to the Moon on Apollo 11 ...
Experts agree China is a valid threat to NASA's return to the moon plans. Here's why there is a rush to get SLS off the launch pad.
China Launches Mission to Capture Pieces of an Unusual Asteroid The robotic Tianwen-2 spacecraft will collect samples from Kamoʻoalewa, which some scientists suspect is a fragment of the moon.
Ford Motor Co. temporarily idled factories in the US over the last three weeks due to a shortage of magnets containing rare earth minerals, key components embroiled in US trade tensions with China.
HELSINKI — China could look to laser power transmission from lunar orbit to supply spacecraft on the moon and solve one of the big challenges for its lunar exploration plans.