This photo shows the exterior design of China's moon-landing spacesuit during the third Spacesuit Technology Forum in Southwest China's Chongqing municipality, Sept 28, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua] The ...

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

The 21st-century space race is heating up. China announced that, for the second time, it landed an uncrewed spacecraft on the ...

For the first time in history, a space mission has touched down on the far side of the moon. China's Chang'e-4 probe landed in the the oldest and deepest basin on the moon's surface. Making the ...

Credit: Chinese Academy of Sciences HELSINKI — China’s human spaceflight agency has announced a tender process for a lunar satellite to support the country’s first crewed moon landing and ...

Still the only country to send humans to the moon, the U.S. hopes to return crews to the surface by the end of 2026 or so, a ...

The world’s two biggest powers – China and the United States – appear to be locked in a race to decide what time it is on the moon, and the winner will leave its mark on the history of space ...

China has named its lunar spacesuit "Wangyu" and rover "Tansuo," crucial for its human moon landing plans by 2030. The prototype development phase is in progress, with extensive testing conducted.

China's space program has been advancing rapidly. In 2021, it launched its permanently crewed alternative to the ...