China is developing low-cost lunar cargo options for its expanding moon program A state-owned space contractor has unveiled a concept for an “economical lunar cargo transport” system as China prepares ...
BEIJING — A Chinese lunar rover has driven on the far side of the moon, the national space agency announced on Friday, hailing the development as a "big step for the Chinese people". The Yutu-2 (Jade ...
China’s program to put astronauts on the lunar surface by 2030 has moved from aspiration to engineering reality, with hardware tests, named spacecraft, and a defined mission architecture now on the ...
BEIJING — Hours after a space probe from China made humanity’s first landing on the far side of the moon, sending images of its surroundings back to Earth, the spacecraft deployed a rover on Thursday ...
On March 9, 2026, a new report highlighted a little-known stretch of the Moon that has started to draw unusual attention inside China’s lunar planning. The study focused on a region near the lunar ...