China has successfully developed a moon robot with both limbs and wheels—presumably to be used to extract resources from the ...

More than 50 years after the last time humans walked on the Moon, China is working steadily towards landing its astronauts on the lunar surface. On October 30, 2025, a spokesman for China’s crewed ...

January's moon — often known as the "Wolf Moon" in reference to the packs of famished carnivores that can be heard howling ...

Over a half-century after the triumph of Apollo, it's frustrating to see China take the lead in a new space race as the White House shackles NASA to exert political control. The China Manned Space ...

When the Chang’e 6 return capsule touched down in the dusty plains of Inner Mongolia in June 2024, it carried something no nation had ever retrieved: the first samples from the far side of the Moon.

(TNS) — Early in his first term, President Donald Trump held a modest ceremony directing NASA to return humans to the moon for the first time in 50 years. It was a goalpost set without a road map.

As SpaceX’s Starship rocket thundered into the South Texas sky this week, a crowd of employees outside mission control began to chant, “U-S-A, U-S-A!” It was the second successful test flight after a ...

JIUQUAN – China said Thursday it's on track to land astronauts on the moon by 2030 as it introduced the next crew of astronauts who will head to its space station as part of the country's ambitious ...

The first full moon of 2026 — the wolf supermoon — rose after sunset on Saturday, Jan. 3, lighting up the night sky across the world. Here are the best photos.

A former NASA administrator testified that it was “highly unlikely” the agency would win the new space race unless something changes. Reading time 4 minutes The U.S. is at risk of ceding its lead in ...