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Why is China building a base on the Moon?
With a long-term vision mapped out through 2050, China’s space agencies are setting the stage for a…
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China's historic moon mission is just the start of its plans to dominate space
China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe successfully returned to Earth carrying the first-ever samples from …
Tom Porter
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Why is China interested in installing hundreds of cameras on the Moon?
Dubbed Skynet 2.0, this network draws inspiration from China's existing Skynet surveillance system …
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China launched a probe to the far side of the moon, stepping up its space race with the US
The mission, which is expected to last 53 days, will collect two kilograms of lunar samples from th…
Mikhaila Friel
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China may be developing plans to take out US satellites from the moon, Space Force general says
Concern is growing among US officials about China's rapidly growing military program in space.
Tom Porter
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The moon is open for business, and entrepreneurs are racing to make billions
As NASA aims to stay on the moon, private firms are racing to be the first to go where no company h…
Marianne Guenot
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China says it will send astronauts to the moon by 2030
No humans have set foot on the moon since the last NASA Apollo mission more than 50 years ago. Now …
Tim Levin
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NASA is back on the moon with the first commercial lunar landing ever
Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lander is the first US spacecraft to land on the moon in more than 50 …
Ellyn Lapointe,Morgan McFall-…
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Japan's moon probe landed upside-down but somehow it still works
Japan's SLIM probe lost a thruster and landed upside-down on the moon, but it still woke up and sta…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Russia dominated the first space race, but now it can't even land on the moon. Photos show the US and China are way ahead.
Russia's grand return to the moon ended with its robotic lander crashing and forming a crater. That…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Russia is racing to beat the US, India, and China to the south pole of the moon in its first lunar mission since the 70s
Russia hasn't launched a lunar mission since 1976. It hopes to be the first to carry out a soft lan…
Marianne Guenot
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Billionaires going to space aim to industrialize the moon, asteroids, and Mars. It's time to set some ground rules.
Billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have huge plans in space, but there are no laws or regul…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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China could start building a moon base with lunar-soil bricks in 5 years, amid NASA fears of a moon territory dispute
China aims to build a moon habitat for its taikonauts within five years, according to local media, …
Marianne Guenot,Morgan McFall…
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Watch the video of Intuitive Machines and NASA landing on the moon and hitting a snag, with $118 million on the line
Intuitive Machine's Odysseus lander touched down on the moon on Thursday. NASA's livestream of miss…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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China is building a huge network of satellites that could be used against US troops: intel chief
Maj. Gen. Greg Gagnon, deputy chief of space operations for intelligence, said China had developed …
Tom Porter
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China's plan for reinvigorating its economy has the West worried, but others still see an opportunity
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has already warned China shock 2.0 could destabilize the global …
Jordan Parker Erb
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India's adorable, dog-sized moon rover did its first science on the moon by shooting powerful laser beams at the surface
The 57-pound moon rover, called Pragyaan — meaning wisdom — has conducted the first-eve…
Sonam Sheth,Morgan McFall-Joh…
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China's plan to be the dominant power in space is moving at breathtaking speed. The US needs to wake up, officials say.
There is a very real risk, according to experts, that the US could soon lose its status as the worl…
Tom Porter
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Up, close & personal images of the moon from Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander
Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander is about to undergo a crucial deboosting manoeuvre and descend to a s…
ANI
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China has built an artificial moon like facility to test tech made for lunar surface
To make the artificial moon facility feel more like the lunar surface, it will be filled with ro…