China's mission was planned as the country vies with the U.S. to land astronauts on the moon and secure a near-permanent presence on its surface.

The highly anticipated launch of China’s robotic Chang’e-7 mission, designed to scour the moon’s south pole for water ice — “cannot take place during the planned window this year,” according to a ...

An Earth‑Moon 'information superhighway' is now up and running, say researchers.

China's Chang'e-6 mission landed on the moon’s South Pole-Aitken Basin, according to the China National Space Administration ...

The Chang’e-7 seeks to find out more about the water trapped within the moon’s shadowed craters.

Humans have been flying missions to the Moon since 1959, when the Soviet Union’s Luna 1 spacecraft passed within several thousand kilometers of the lunar surface. But in all that time, across more ...

While the U.S. still holds considerable advantages gained through its earlier lunar explorations, China’s planned mission ...

In keeping with the principle of proceeding prudently and reliably, and ensuring absolute success, after a comprehensive assessment it has been determined that the Chang’e 7 mission does not meet the ...

The US and China are racing to establish a permanent presence on the Moon – raising a bigger question about who will set the ...

China has officially launched a scientific program to construct a satellite constellation in the Earth-moon space in ...