China's space probe reaches asteroid after 1-billion-kilometer chase for first sample return

China's Tianwen-2 space probe, which is set to bring back samples from an asteroid for research, has reached its target after ...

A Picture-Perfect Landing Shows China’s Ambitions to Narrow the Space Race

A space neophyte not long ago, China is now the United States’s main competitor for supremacy throughout the solar system.

China’s Tianwen-2 Space Probe Has Rendezvoused With Earth’s Quasi-Moon

The probe sent back the first pictures of the asteroid Kamo’oalewa. Next step: landing on the surface and collecting samples ...
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How China Is Transforming Space Power

Space is crucial for national strength, global influence, and future industrial development. During the Cold War, space primarily symbolized technological skill and ideological status. Today, it ...
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China announces plan to build early-warning system for dangerous asteroids

The country's plans include spacecraft designed to detect asteroids coming from the direction of the sun, which has long been ...

China's Tianwen-2 reaches asteroid Kamo'oalewa, starting scientific exploration after 1 bln kilometers journey

China's Tianwen-2 probe has successfully rendezvoused with the near-Earth asteroid Kamo'oalewa, or 2016 HO3, reaching a ...

China takes giant leap in space race with reusable rocket booster, India watches from the drawing board

China achieved a significant advancement in reusable rocket technology by successfully recovering the first-stage booster of ...