HELSINKI — A state-owned space contractor has unveiled a concept for an “economical lunar cargo transport” system as China prepares for construction of a lunar base. An exhibit put on display by the ...

As of spring 2026, China has named the two spacecraft that will carry its astronauts to the moon, advanced a competitive design process for a crewed lunar rover, and continued building a heavy-lift ...

China has delivered the world's first human artificial embryo models to orbit to test how microgravity affects human ...

China is melding its robotic Chang'e lunar probe activities with the country's human spaceflight program in an effort to land ...

The embryos cannot develop into humans, and are being used to study development in outer space.

A human embryo at roughly three to four weeks of development. The Tiangong experiment uses stem cell-derived embryo models at ...

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center — China launched its Shenzhou-21 spacecraft on Friday, carrying a new three-person crew to man the country's Tiangong space station on a mission focused on scientific ...

Chinese scientists have taken a major step toward building a “space power bank” – a solar power station that can store energy ...

CHINA launched the Shenzhou-23 spacecraft aboard a Long March 2F rocket on May 24 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, ...

Clayton Swope testified before the House Science, Space, & Technology Subcommittee on Space & Aeronautics regarding China's rise in space competition and implications for U.S. leadership and ...