Since 1969, the U.S. has led the pack on lunar exploration as the only nation to land humans on the Moon's soil. China has notched a series of significant advances this summer, including the recent ...

A Princeton nuclear physicist. A mechanical engineer who helped NASA explore manufacturing in space. A US National Institutes of Health neurobiologist. Celebrated mathematicians. And over half a dozen ...

As Jonathan Roll neared completion of a master’s degree in science and technology policy at Arizona State University three years ago, he did some research into recent developments by China’s ascendant ...

A new report warns that China's rapid and unrelenting growth within the space sector will see the country overtake the U.S. in the "new space race" to become the world's leading space-faring nation in ...

On May 29, the Yuanxingzhe-1 suborbital rocket took off from a platform in the Yellow Sea, carrying with it not just the hopes of its maker—a Chinese commercial launch firm called Space Epoch—but also ...

This screenshot from CCTV (China Central Television) shows China’s first moon rover Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, in an image taken by the camera on the Chang’e 3 moon lander, Dec. 15, 2013. China does not ...

Space is crucial for national strength, global influence, and future industrial development. During the Cold War, space primarily symbolized technological skill and ideological status. Today, it ...

China aims to put its astronauts on the moon by 2030. For NASA to get back there first, it needs SpaceX to quickly complete ...

The lunar competition between the US and China extends beyond national prestige to strategic resource control.

While the sitting US government strips NASA of its expert leadership and funding, it seems China is more than happy to take up the mantle. A new report from the Commercial Space Federation, a lobbying ...

BEIJING, September 7. /TASS/. China has successfully launched the third group of remote sensing satellites Yaogan-40 into orbit, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation ...

The 10th test of the SpaceX Starship has been launched and by all accounts was wildly successful in meeting its objectives. What do the results tell us about the likelihood that NASA and its ...