A new China rocket mission is generating interest beyond low Earth orbit. Here's why space agencies around the world are closely watching its next moves.

Astronauts Zhu Yangzhu, Zhang Zhiyuan, and Lai Ka-ying, who is the first astronaut from Hong Kong, wave during a see-off ceremony before taking part in the Shenzhou-23 spaceflight mission to China's ...

The problem is that NASA has been given two tasks concerning the moon that may be in conflict.

A low-altitude demonstration and verification flight test for the Long March 10 carrier rocket and a maximum dynamic pressure ...

China’s sprawling state-owned rocket developer, maker of the country’s Long March rocket family, announced it recovered a ...

A space neophyte not long ago, China is now the United States’s main competitor for supremacy throughout the solar system.

More than 50 years after humanity's last Moon landing, a new space race is underway. This time, the goal isn't just to plant ...

Humanity first reached the moon in 1969. We went back a few times, then lost interest within three short years, and we haven’t been back since. NASA has just flew a quartet of astronauts around the ...

A Chinese probe is set for a historic touchdown on asteroid Kamoʻoalewa, which may have been blasted away from Earth’s Moon millions of years ago after a violent impact. Chinas ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chinese taikonauts strapped into the Shenzhou space capsule atop a Long March rocket - China SCIO/X On May 24, China launched the ...