Friday witnessed another historic moment in China’s space program which unfolded over the South China Sea. At 12:14 pm Beijing time, the Long March 10B carrier rocket lifted off from the Hainan commercial space launch site,

China's Tianwen-2 space probe, which is set to bring back samples from an asteroid for research, has reached its target after traveling 1 billion kilometers (620 million miles) over more than a year,

China is pulling ahead in global research rankings and expanding its ambitions in space. With growing technological leadership, Beijing is positioning itself as a rival to the United States on a global scale. Lai Kai-ying, the first female Chinese civilian ...

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has said the United States is facing a renewed Moon race with China, with both countries moving toward crewed lunar missions b

China’s Shenzhou-20 spacecraft – shown here hitching a ride on a Long March-2F carrier rocket – was hit by a piece of space debris. Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images China’s Shenzhou-20 spacecraft took a hit from a piece of space debris floating ...

In an exciting twist of cosmic competition, China and the United States have sparked a modern space race aimed at lunar exploration. With NASA's Artemis program facing delays, China is quickly advancing its goals.

India, July 5 -- The United States is locked in a fierce, head-to-head space race against China as both global superpowers accelerate timelines to land astronauts on the moon and establish a permanent geopolitical foothold on the lunar surface.

Having covered China's space industry for 15 years, I have read extensively about the life of Qian Xuesen — the founding father of China's missile and space programs, who is also known as Hsue-Shen Tsien in the West.