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Trump's Moon claim isn't a joke. A lunar power struggle has begunDonald Trump's "The Moon is Ours" post signals emerging lunar geopolitics. Nasa's Artemis program plans a permanent lunar presence, focusin...
China delays Chang’e-7 launch: Why the Moon mission was halted just hours before liftoffChina's Chang'e-7 lunar mission launch was abruptly postponed just before liftoff. Officials cited prudence, reliability, and safety as rea...
4-ton, school-bus-size SpaceX rocket stage crashes into the Moon at 5,400 mph after drifting through space for months. Here’s what scientists hope to learnA 4-ton SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage drifting through space since 2025 was expected to crash into the Moon at 5,400 mph, raising fresh ques...
US and China disagree on what time it is on the Moon and that could become a serious problem for future lunar missionsA subtle difference in time on the Moon, caused by weaker gravity, is emerging as a major space race issue between the US and China. This t...
NASA to spend $20 billion on moon base, cancel orbiting lunar stationNASA is shifting its moon program strategy. Plans for a space station in lunar orbit are cancelled. Instead, components will be used to bui...
China tests spacecraft it hopes will put first Chinese on the moonChina has conducted its first test of the Lanyue lunar lander, aiming to put Chinese astronauts on the moon before 2030. The lander's ascen...
By 2050, will China’s lunar station change the face of space exploration? Here's what we knowChina is set to significantly expand its space program with plans to establish a lunar space station and conduct extensive research into th...
A decade after India's Chandrayaan, Pakistan's maiden lunar mission 'Cube Qamar' jets off, thanks to ChinaChina and Pakistan are making remarkable strides in space exploration with their respective lunar missions. China's Chang'e-6 mission and P...
China to launch first probe to return samples from Moon's far sideA rocket carrying the Chang'e-6 lunar probe is scheduled to blast off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern China's Hainan prov...
Is China plotting Lunar domination with its space mission? Here's what NASA saysChina's ambitions to claim the lunar territory as theirs are slowly on the rise, according to NASA officials as it reportedly increased its...
Japan hopes to join an elite club by landing on the moon: A closer lookJapan hopes to make the world's first "pinpoint landing" on the moon early Saturday, joining a modern push for lunar contact with roots in ...
China offers to collaborate on lunar mission as deadlines loomChina has invited international cooperation for its lunar mission, Chang'e-8, as it aims to establish a permanent habitat on the moon's sou...
Top Chinese scientist now claims India moon landing nowhere near south poleChina's top scientist, Ouyang Ziyuan, has disputed India's claim of landing its Chandrayaan-3 rover near the lunar south pole, stating that...
Germany signs U.S.-led space norms pact Artemis AccordsGermany has become the 29th country to sign the Artemis Accords, a multilateral agreement led by the United States that aims to establish n...
Russia’s Moon failure a dent to its space partnership with ChinaThe failure of Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft to land near the south pole of the moon is a setback for its collaboration with China to establi...
China spacecraft lands on moon to bring rocks back to EarthThe lander was launched Nov. 24 from the tropical southern island of Hainan. It is the latest venture by a Chinese space program that sent ...
Landing site of China's first lunar lander named "Moon Palace"China today named the landing site of its first moon lander Chang'e-3 as "Guang Han Gong" or "Moon Palace", more than two years after the s...
China's space program racing ahead, to give tough competition to NASAChina has successfully tested several lunar orbiters and landers in hopes of sending humans to the moon, which it says it can accomplish by...
- China's test spacecraft simulates orbital docking
China has conducted tests close to the moon to simulate an unmanned docking procedure needed in the country's next lunar mission expected t...
China publishes photos of Earth, Moon taken by lunar orbiterLaunched on October 24, the orbiter traversed 840,000 km in eight days in a mission that saw it go around the far side of the moon.