Chang’e program
China Trains Next Batch of Taikonauts
China has a fabulously rich history when it comes to space travel and was among the first to experiment in…
China Releases its First Roadmap for Space Science and Exploration Through 2050.
China's space program has advanced considerably since the turn of the century. In addition to developing heavy-launch vehicles like the…
China Creates a High-Resolution Atlas of the Moon
Multiple space agencies are looking to send crewed missions to the Moon's southern polar region in this decade and the…
China's Relay Satellite is in Lunar Orbit
On March 20th, China's Queqiao-2 ("Magpie Bridge-2") satellite launched from the Wenchang Space Launch Site LC-2 on the island of…
China Reveals Its Lunar Lander Design
China has released artist renditions of the spacecraft and lander module that will send the first taikonauts to the Moon.
China’s Chang’e-7 Will Deploy a Hopper that Jumps into a Crater in Search of Water Ice
Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese National Space Administration recently published a study in the journal…
China Will Use Two Rockets to Put Humans on the Moon
At a recent summit, China revealed new details about its first crewed lunar mission scheduled for 2030, including schematics, graphics,…
Three New Astronauts Arrive at the Chinese Space Station, Including the Country's First Civilian
China's Shenzou-16 mission just delivered three taikonauts to the Tiangong space station, performing the most complicated docking maneuver ever attempted
Glass Fibers in Lunar Regolith Could Help Build Structures on the Moon
After analyzing the samples returned by Chang'e-5, a team of Chinese scientists found glass fibers that could be used to…
China is Planning to Land Humans on the Moon by 2030 as Part of its Ambitious Lunar Agenda
Weiren Wu, the Chief Designer of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program (CLEP), recently announced an ambitious plan to put Chinese…