China - Moon, Mars Space Travel and Exploration

Thousands of people moved to let China build and protect the world’s largest telescope. And then the government drew in orders of magnitude more to... (2018)

During the Cold War, competition between the the United States and the former USSR was fierce, as the two countries rallied for the chance to make ... (2024)

And why it wants to build its own satellite constellation in low-Earth orbit | China (2023)

China’s Chang’e 5 rover has found tiny glass beads containing water in an impact crater on the Moon. (2023)

The project is all about prestige and international clout—and maybe even a neat science experiment or two. (2021)

The Atlantic, 2017: "As America has turned away from searching for extraterrestrial intelligence, China has built the world’s largest radio dish f... (2017)

China was preparing to launch a ground-breaking mission early Saturday to soft-land a spacecraft on the largely unexplored far side of the moon, de... (2018)

The world is still celebrating the historic landing of China’s Chang’e-4 on the far side of the moon on January 3. Last month, China announced its ... (2019)

For science, profit, and pride, China, the U.S., and private companies are hunting for resources on the lunar surface, Rivka Galchen writes. (2019)