China Space Program

• China plans to send 2 rockets for crewed moon landing by 2030

  China plans to send two rockets to the moon by 2030, one carrying the spacecraft that will land on the surface and the other transporting the astronauts.

  World

  Jul 12, 2023
  
• Chinese rocket core on potentially dangerous free-fall to Earth — again

  The rocket body is expected to free-fall through Earth's atmosphere as early as July 31, but no one knows where it will land.

  Trending

  Jul 27, 2022
  
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• China releases more images of the far side of the moon, calls mission a success

  China on Friday broadcast pictures taken by its rover and lander on the moon's far side.

  Science

  Jan 11, 2019
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• Chinese spacecraft makes first-ever landing on far side of the moon, beams back pictures

  Previous spacecraft have seen the far side of the moon, but none has landed on it.

  Science

  Jan 3, 2019
• China sending first-ever lander to explore the ‘dark’ side of the moon

  China hopes to beat the U.S., EU and Russia to the far side of the moon with its Chang’e 4 mission, which will send a rover to the unexplored region.

  World

  Dec 7, 2018
• Chinese space station set to come crashing to Earth, but your chance of getting crushed is tiny

  Sometime between Saturday and Monday, a Chinese space station is expected to dive into the upper atmosphere, break apart and come tumbling down to earth.

  Canada

  Mar 30, 2018
• China launches astronauts into space to dock with experimental space station

  China has launched a pair of astronauts into space on a mission to dock with an experimental space station and remain aboard for 30 days.

  Tech

  Oct 16, 2016