The Chang’e-6 mission aims to land in the Moon’s oldest and largest crater, collect rocks, and bring them back to Earth.
China’s steady progress in space exploration has raised concerns in Washington with Nasa chief Bill Nelson repeatedly warning of the US being in a modern “space race” with the Asian nation. “China has ...
While Chang’e-6 aims to retrieve rocks from the Moon’s far side ... payloads carried by the Chang’e-6 include a French radon gas detector, a Swedish ion analyser, an Italian laser corner ...
It will use the radioactive gas radon as a tracer to study the extremely ... China to hear pitches from Nasa scientist and others for Chang’e 5 moon rocks CNSA said previously that it planned ...
As China launches its Chang’e-6 mission to the far side of the moon, US officials have expressed alarm at the pace of its ...
Together, they have built a six-legged robot called the Space Capable Asteroid Robotic Explorer, or SCAR-E. Designed to ...
Astronauts can leave things behind unintentionally, but there are also other objects we purposely have sent into space.
As China has become deeply enmeshed in strategic competition with the US — while edging towards outright hostilities with ...
Mars' Inca City, formally known as Angustus Labyrinthus, exhibits a linear, almost geometric network of ridges like the Inca ...
Mars Sample Return and missions to study other planets and celestial bodies, including lunar efforts, face big cuts and delays.