The Chang'e-4 probe, launched on December 8, 2018, made the first-ever soft landing on the Von Karman Crater in the South Pole-Aitken Basin...

The world's second largest economy has put billions into its military-run space programme, with hopes of having a permanently crewed space ...

Beijing has poured billions into its military-run space programme, with hopes of having a crewed space station by 2022 and eventually sendi...

The country has come a long way in its race to catch up with the United States and Russia, whose astronauts and cosmonauts have decades of ...

Beijing has poured billions into its military-run space programme, with hopes of having a crewed space station by 2022 and of eventually se...

The rocket, which will send the Chang'e-5 spacecraft to Earth-moon transfer orbit, is scheduled to be launched from the Wenchang Spacecraft...

The mission to launch IRNSS-1H on board PSLV-C39 ended in failure in August last year after the satellite got stuck in the heat shield.

With its special environment and complex geological history, the far side of the moon is a hot spot for scientific and space exploration.

China has successfully tested several lunar orbiters and landers in hopes of sending humans to the moon, which it says it can accomplish by...