China National Space Administration

China is looking to get into the planetary defense business. A new paper by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) confirms that in 2030, the country plans to conduct a test mission to deflect a small asteroid from its current course.

A somewhat scorched Chang'e-6 return craft landed in Inner Mongolia yesterday, bringing with it the first rock and dust samples from the far side of the Moon – and hopes of unlocking some lunar secrets.

China's uncrewed Chang'e-6 has successfully landed on the far side of the Moon, where it will gather lunar rock and soil samples from the unexplored region for the first time in history. On-board cameras caught the moment it touched down.

Researchers studying precious lunar samples retrieved by a Chinese lander have found them to be the youngest rocks ever found on the Moon, drastically reshaping the timeline of volcanic activity on our only natural satellite.

In another landmark moment for China's fledgling space exploration program, three astronauts sent to work on the country's under-development space station safely returned to Earth on Friday, after spending three months in orbit.

China has taken another step forward with its ambitious space program, with the crew aboard the Tiangong space station conducting the mission's first spacewalk and the first for the nation in 13 years.

Back in May, China became just the third nation to land on the surface of Mars. Its first interplanetary rover, named Zhurong, can now be seen and heard making its very first movements on the Red Planet in newly released recordings.

China has embarked on its first crewed space mission in almost five years, launching a trio of astronauts into orbit to occupy its under-construction space station, before the two final modules are launched over the next 18 months.

China has taken another big step forward in its ambitious space program, successfully landing its Tianwen-1 probe on Mars, with a rover to soon be rolled out to study the Martian environment from the planet's surface.

China’s landmark lunar sampling mission has drawn to a close with the Chang’e-5 spacecraft touching down in Mongolia, bringing rocks collected from the Moon back to the Earth for the first time in decades.

China’s landmark Chang’e-5 mission has passed another milestone, with the spacecraft’s lander successfully lifting off from the Moon to dock with the orbiter module after gathering samples from the surface.

A landmark mission to collect rocks and dust from the surface of the Moon is progressing as planned, with China’s Chang’e-5 lander safely touching down on the lunar surface nine days after lifting off from China's Hainan province.