Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center — China launched its Shenzhou-21 spacecraft on Friday, carrying a new three-person crew to man the country's Tiangong space station on a mission focused on scientific ...

China's space agency has announced it will return a damaged spacecraft docked on Tiangong space station to Earth without crew after a suspected debris strike left it unfit for flight. The three ...

JIUQUAN, China (AP) — China said Thursday it’s on track to land astronauts on the moon by 2030 as it introduced the next crew of astronauts who will head to its space station as part of the country’s ...

The race to Mars has quietly become the defining contest of twenty-first century spaceflight, pitting a state-backed Chinese program, a commercially driven SpaceX campaign, and a methodical NASA ...

For the last month, NASA’s interim administrator, Sean Duffy, has been giving interviews and speeches around the world, offering a singular message: “We are going to beat the Chinese to the Moon.” ...

China remains America’s top threat in space and is catching up to the U.S. military’s space capabilities at an “incredible pace,” a top Space Force general said. Here, a visitor takes photos of ...

"We're now in an era where there's multiple governments, multiple companies involved in space. So the shift is not just one organization needing to think about space rescue for their own needs." When ...

On this episode of Space Minds, SpaceNews China correspondent Andrew Jones joins host Mike Gruss to unpack China’s year‑end sprint in space: expected tests tied to Long March 10 and a new crew ...

Clayton Swope testified before the House Science, Space, & Technology Subcommittee on Space & Aeronautics regarding China's rise in space competition and implications for U.S. leadership and ...

Experts warned in a congressional hearing last week that China was trying to build a “vertically integrated space ecosystem” to displace America’s prime position in orbit. On December 4, a meeting of ...