A space neophyte not long ago, China is now the United States’s main competitor for supremacy throughout the solar system.

The Shenlong, or "divine dragon," space plane just deployed a mysterious payload above our planet. The top-secret spacecraft, which has never been properly photographed, has now released at least ...

A Chinese Long March 10B rocket aced its debut launch on Friday (July 10), sending a satellite to orbit and coming down for a ...

A Hong Kong astronaut will join a Chinese space mission for the first time as part of a three-person crew launching on Sunday, as Beijing edges closer to its goal of landing people on the moon. The ...

A new China rocket mission is generating interest beyond low Earth orbit. Here's why space agencies around the world are closely watching its next moves.

JIUQUAN, China — China launched the Shenzhou 23 spacecraft Sunday night with three astronauts heading to its space station, including one set to stay in space for a year. The spacecraft blasted off ...

The race to field China’s first reusable launch vehicle is far less predictable than a similar competition that played out in the United States a decade ago. In China, several companies and ...

Early this morning, Monday, June 1, the state owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) successfully completed the maiden flight of the reusable Long March 12B — a two-stage, 236 ...