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China's Chang'e-5 probe prepares for a soft landing on the moon
China's Chang'e-5 probe is preparing for a soft landing on the moon to undertake the country's firs…
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Hyped up 'moon cube' discovered by Chinese rover turns out to be a rabbit-shaped rock
China's Yutu-2 rover, on the far side of the moon, drove towards the "mysterious hut" for a better …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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China's Mars rover has beamed back its first images of the red planet
China landed its Zhurong rover on Mars Saturday. After taking photos, the rover will start scanning…
Aylin Woodward,Morgan McFall-…
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China's Mars rover has made its first tracks on the red planet
On May 15, China's Zhurong rover landed on Mars. The rover just left its landing pad and completed …
Aylin Woodward
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China just landed its Chang'e-5 spacecraft on the moon. The mission could bring moon rocks to Earth for the first time in 40-plus years.
The samples will come from a previously unexplored volcanic plain. China aims to send them back to …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Susie N…
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China's Mars spacecraft has photographed the entire red planet, state media says
China's space agency released sharp images, revealing Mars craters, a volcano, and a canyon that's …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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China is taking its ‘all-weather ally’ Pakistan to space
The agreement, which was signed on the sidelines of the second Belt and Road summit a few days a…
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China's collection of lunar samples enters Moon-Earth transfer orbit on its way back to the planet
The orbiter-returner combination of China's Chang'e-5 lunar probe conducted its second orbital mano…
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China's hype video for its lunar base showed what looked like a NASA Space Shuttle lifting off, which it then realized and tried to fix
The CGI clip in the China National Space Administration was later blurred out in a state media vers…
Matthew Loh
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China releases photos from first-ever mission to land on the dark side of the moon
China became the third country in the world to "soft-land" - land without damage - on the moon in 2…
Sinéad Baker,Sinéad Baker,Sin…
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China plans three missions to the Moon after discovering a new lunar mineral that may be a future energy source
The mineral, Changesite-(Y), was found in samples obtained by China's space exploration in 2020 and…
Jyoti Mann
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Photos show Chinese lunar rover making tracks on the far side of the moon as it starts historic exploration mission
China's landing was the first-ever successful "soft-landing," which means a landing without damage,…
Sinéad Baker,Sinéad Baker,Sin…
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China and Russia have agreed to build a lunar space station together, snubbing NASA's plans for joint space exploration
The Chinese and Russian governments have signed an agreement build a lunar space station together t…
Cheryl Teh
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China's booming space program may soon put the US and Russia to shame
"Unlike one of the stereotypes that they're just sort of copying our technology, they're actually i…
Kelly Dickerson
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China has landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time, delivering a water-hunting rover to the red planet
The Zhurong rover is almost ready to start scanning Mars' volcanic-rock fields for hidden water ice…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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China says its first Mars landing - of both a lander and a rover - is happening as early as Saturday
China's National Space Administration said its Tianwen-1 spacecraft is expected to land on Mars bet…
Sinéad Baker
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China wants to launch to Mars next year - part of an ambitious plan to bring the first Martian soil samples back to Earth
The mission plans call for sending a lander, rover, and satellite to Mars, with the lander and rove…
Dave Mosher
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On Earth Day, these images from space portray the planet’s fragility and beauty
Since the 1970’s, when the movement emerged, it has transformed from an anti-war campaign to a v…
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Buzz Aldrin explains why China will be the next country to land humans on the Moon
"Beijing has not approved a plan to send humans to the Moon," the report said. "In its 2011 white p…