This simulated image captured at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Nov 16, 2024 shows China's cargo spacecraft Tianzhou 8 as it completes docking with the orbiting Tiangong space station.

Why being first to return to the moon matters.

China launched a Long March 3B carrier rocket early on Tuesday morning to deploy an experimental satellite into space, fulfilling the country's first space mission in 2025. The rocket blasted off ...

The European Space Agency is set to launch a joint space science mission alongside China in early 2026 after a long collaboration. The Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE ...