By Joey Roulette, Eduardo Baptista, Sarah El Safty and Joe Brock (Reuters) - On the outskirts of Cairo, a cutting-edge space ...

Wangyu and Tansuo, meaning “Looking into the Universe” and “Exploration,” respectively, were officially unveiled by the China ...

China unveiled on Wednesday the name of its manned moon rover for the country's lunar exploration program. Our site uses ...

China plans to send a flying robot to the far side of the moon next year to search for the frozen water that could hold the ...

the slogan has been reincarnated in an ambitious and highly invasive surveillance program called Sharp Eyes (雪亮工程), one of the newer additions to China’s increasingly omnipresent ...

Why being first to return to the moon matters.

Their two-week mission will be the longest in the Chinese space program's history. The crew will practice docking with the Tiangong 1 (Heavenly Palace 1) space module, a prototype space station ...

The manned lunar rover is called Tansuo, meaning to explore the unknown. This name reflects the lunar rover's mission and practical value in aiding the Chinese people to uncover the moon's mysteries, ...

HELSINKI — China will launch a pair of low-cost space station resupply spacecraft this year on new commercial launch vehicles ...

Astronauts on board China's "heavenly palace" space station have demonstrated a new way of making rocket fuel products and ...