A Hong Kong astronaut will join a Chinese space mission for the first time as part of a three-person crew launching on Sunday ...

The launch of SpaceX's biggest rocket was set for 7:30 p.m. EST on Thursday. The countdown stalled at 40 seconds to launch ...

SpaceX is set to reignite a make-or-break testing campaign of its Starship megarocket — and the stakes are high for the ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — A new NASA report expressed concern that the spacesuits needed for the 2028 Artemis IV mission — where astronauts will return to the moon’s surface in more than 50 years — may ...

WASHINGTON — The head of NASA says he expects China to perform a crewed flight around the moon in 2027, ratcheting up perceptions of a space race between China and the United States. In a May 19 ...

EXCLUSIVE: NASA is aiming to land on the moon by 2028, while China plans to do so by 2030 — but experts warn the US may ...

NASA’s moon exploration plans call for nearly 80 launches, nearly 75 landers, 10 moon buggies and one nuclear reactor ...

During his first term in late 2017, president Donald Trump announced that the United States would make its historic return to the surface of the Moon. Back in 2019, his administration’s goal was for ...

NASA astronaut Harrison Schmitt works beside a huge boulder during the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. Credit: NASA HOUSTON—NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman told a House panel April 27 he is confident the ...

China and the U.S. are racing to establish a permanent presence on the moon with the explicit mission of mining – and exploiting – lunar resources. April 27, 2026 It’s 2041 and at the Artemis Base ...

The rival superpowers are ramping up preparations for a crewed lunar landing, with China’s progress slow and steady and the US’s landers still in development ...