The launch of the uncrewed mission is a key part of China's goal of becoming a space power and, ultimately, sending its own ...
The country is now competing with the USA, still the leader in space. Also, China has a three-member crew on its orbiting ...
Five years ago China became the first country to land a rover on the moon's far side. By 2030, it aims to have put its first ...
including building a space station called Tiangong, or “heavenly palace”, to which it sent a fresh crew of three astronauts last month. Beijing has landed robotic rovers on Mars and the Moon, and made ...
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.