China has said it will land astronauts on the moon by 2030, while NASA is targeting a landing in 2027, though this has already been delayed.

China has successfully conducted an escape flight test on its lunar spacecraft Mengzhou, which means“dream ship” in Mandarin. By 2030, the country pl ...

Chinese spacecraft lands on moon's far side in growing space rivalry with U.S. ... The landing module touched down at 6:23 a.m. Beijing time in a huge crater known as the South Pole-Aitken Basin, ...

An animation depicts the Chinese spacecraft, Chang’e-6, landing on the far side of the moon. Xinhua/Shutterstock. It is the second designed to bring back samples, following the Chang’e 5 ...

China has taken a step forward in its ambitious plan to land astronauts on the moon by 2030 – unveiling the specially designed spacesuit its crew will don for what’s expected to be a landmark ...

A Chinese spacecraft landed on the far side of the moon Sunday to collect soil and rock samples that could provide insights into differences between the less-explored region and the better-known ne… ...

Chinese officials on Wednesday unveiled new details about their plans for a manned lunar mission, as China attempts to become only the second nation to put citizens on the moon.

Chinese spacecraft lands on moon’s far side to collect rocks in growing space rivalry ... The landing module touched down at 6:23 a.m. Beijing time in a huge crater known as the South Pole ...

The Chinese publication also criticizes NASA for setting unrealistic deadlines for the Artemis program. When it was originally announced, NASA set an ambitious goal of landing humans on the Moon ...

The Chinese National Space Agency made history in 2013, with its Chang'e-3 mission representing "the first soft landing on the moon in nearly 40 years," since the Soviet Union last did it in 1976 ...