China’s Shijian-19 rocket launched the test satellite. It was used for “space breeding experiments” using plant seeds, ...

A giant stride for China – Zhurong rover in search of watermarks on Mars In the year of 2021, China made a giant leap in its ...

Using a mix of China's Zhurong Mars rover's onboard instruments, scientists identified several intriguing water-related features.

A Chinese mission to test resource technologies at the moon's south pole is taking shape — and may even include a humanoid ...

Data from China's Zhurong rover has revealed what ... the 38th since humans began counting in 1956. Since Zhurong landed in ...

making them the first American spacecraft to touch down. During their six year stint, Viking continued to orbit around Mars, while the two landers searched the Martian land for any signs that ...

When the Viking 1 lander send down twin landers to study Mars in 1976, the results returned ... surface of Earth’s celestial neighbor—the first U.S. spacecraft to pull off the feat.

Firming up plans to go to Mars would be fine, so long as it is not done at the expense of returning to the moon.

The lander architecture parallels that of ... By returning samples from Mars, China would become the first nation to achieve the roundtrip voyage between Earth and Mars, Lee pointed out.

As part of the mission, China plans to fly a pair of spacecraft to Mars in two separate launches. One will be an orbiter and return vehicle while the other will be a lander and ascent craft.

The last thing Trump would want would be for China to steal a march on the United States and get back to the moon first while ...