China launched an uncrewed lunar mission Friday that aims to bring back samples from the far side of the moon for the first ...

China on Friday launched a mission to collect samples from the moon's hidden side, a first in space exploration history, and ...

Then, in late 2020, the Chang'e-5 mission landed on the near side of the Moon and successfully collected 1.7 kg of rocks.

The Chang’e-6 lunar probe is aiming to collect samples from an area of critical interest and return to Earth with the ...

The Chang’e 6 mission will advance Beijing’s ambitions to become a space power and scientific force, but its steady progress ...

China's advancing space exploration program has launched a new lunar probe to explore the far side of the moon. China has its own space station and conceptual plans for a moon base.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told NPR he sees the U.S. in an urgent race with China to find water on the moon, and that he ...

China is about to take one giant leap in that direction if the nation successfully gathers samples from the part of the moon ...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told NPR he sees the U.S. in an urgent race with China to find water on the moon, and that he ...

China’s potential return to the moon marks a significant development in international efforts to establish a permanent presence there. As the US moves forward with its Artemis program missions ...

If successful, the Chang’e-6 mission will be the first in history to return a sample from a part of the moon that we never get to see from Earth. By Katrina Miller On Friday, China launched a ...

take-off and ascent technologies, and automatic sample-return on the far side of the moon,” Ge Ping, deputy director of the China National Space Administration’s (CNSA) Center of Lunar ...