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China's latest supersonic spy drone looks a lot like the Lockheed D-21 that crashed there in 1971
China's new WZ-8 supersonic drone resembles the Lockheed D-21, a supersonic reconnaissance drone th…
Benjamin Brimelow
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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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China's rapidly dwindling future will shape the world for decades to come
Xi Jinping has trapped China in a deep 'psychological funk' that could ruin its economy and wreck i…
Linette Lopez
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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 beats SpaceX and Blue Origin to reach orbit with a methane-fueled rocket, edging ahead of the US in the space race
Landspace launched its Zhuque-2 rocket Tuesday. It's the first "methalox" rocket to reach orbit, be…
Marianne Guenot
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Chinese cargo spacecraft docks with orbital station eight hours after blastoff
Tianhe, or Heavenly Harmony, is third and largest orbital station launched by China's increasing…
PTI
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China is set to launch the next piece of its space station on Sunday — in a rocket that previously rained parts back onto Earth
The Long March 5B rocket has launched twice before, and both times its heavy body fell back to Eart…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The Fed's lack of innovation with the dollar means China, India, and others will dominate the digital currency race
US policymakers are miscalculating the resources it takes to keep up with rival digital currencies,…
Phil Rosen
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Chinese media claims it doesn't fear Taiwan's new weapons that can strike deep into China
China may be more worried about a new Taiwanese strike missile than it is letting on.
Michael Peck
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China takes on Elon Musk's Starlink with hundreds of low-orbit satellites
A Chinese company plans to launch the first in a network of 300 very-low-earth-orbit satellites in …
Polly Thompson
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China secretly tests 'reusable' spacecraft amid border tensions with India
Beijing claimed that the "successful flight marked the country's important breakthrough in reu…
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China’s unmanned spacecraft makes a successful return to Earth— racing ahead of India on the path to having a space station
China’s manned space program is well on its way to constructing a space station by 2022. Today (May…
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From Elon Musk's giant Starship rocket to India's spectacular moon landing, 2023 was an epic year in space
It was a busy year for the space industry, filled with successful launches, ambitious missions, and…
Marianne Guenot
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A NASA scientist was charged with lying to the FBI about participating in a Chinese government recruitment program
Meyya Meyyappan, 66, was a member of China's Thousand Talents Program, a Chinese government group t…
Madison Hall
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The first US moon lander in more than 50 years launched with human remains on board, paving the way for space burials
A US mission hasn't landed on the moon since the Apollo in 1972. Peregrine may become the first in…
Marianne Guenot
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The US has to win in space if it doesn't want to lose future wars, a top Marine general says
"I'm telling you right now: We don't win the space domain? Don't even bother," Glavy said.
Chris Panella
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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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China’s Shenzhou-13 crew returns to earth after a record-setting mission in space
The touchdown of the Shenzhou-13 return capsule was recorded at 9:56 AM at the Dongfeng landing …
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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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Funerals in China cost so much money that Beijing is encouraging digital cemeteries
Beijing is encouraging digital burials in favor of traditional ones as urban land becomes increasin…