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Pakistan finds spot on China's space flight; manned Moon mission on track, says CMSA

October 30, 2025 12:16 pm

China space mission: China has announced that a Pakistani astronaut will join one of its short-duration spaceflight missions. Meanwhile, Beijing reaffirmed its goal to land astronauts on the Moon by 2030.

China's Shenzhou-16 spacecraft launched: What is the new mission about

May 30, 2023 5:39 pm

The astronauts aboard Shenzhou-16 spacecraft are on their way to China's Tiangong space station and will stay there for the next five months.

China maps out plans to put astronauts on the Moon and on Mars

December 13, 2022 1:37 pm

China is running a steady space marathon rather than competing in a head-to-head space race with the United States.

China plans more Moon missions after finding new lunar mineral

September 11, 2022 1:49 pm

China’s National Space Administration, its equivalent of NASA, received approval to send three orbiters to the moon as part of the Chang’e lunar program

This is the space station China is building to challenge the US

May 31, 2022 3:08 pm

China released new details about the final stages of work on Tiangong space station.

China, US are racing to make billions from mining the moon's minerals

May 18, 2022 3:25 pm

Just like in the era of Sputnik and Apollo more than half a century ago, world leaders, the US and China this time, are again racing to achieve dominance in outer space.

Shenzou 13, Shenzou 13 landing, Chinese space mission

Shenzou 13: China’s longest crewed space mission comes to an end

April 18, 2022 12:17 pm

Before Shenzou 13, the longest Chinese crewed mission was Shenzou 12, where three astronauts were sent to the station for 92 days last year.

FILE PHOTO: A model of the Tiangong-1 space lab module, the Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft and three Chinese astronauts is displayed during a news conference

China plans space station completion, many launches in 2022

January 07, 2022 4:08 pm

The permanent station upon completion will weigh about 66 tons, about a quarter the size of the International Space Station.

India and the geopolitics of the moon

October 06, 2021 7:55 am

C Raja Mohan writes: Delhi should take a hard look at the emerging challenges to the current space order and its interests on the moon, and develop strategies to pursue them through a national lunar mission.

China to launch rocket in 2028 capable of sending crewed probe to moon

September 29, 2021 6:17 pm

The new heavy-lift launch vehicle would be capable of putting a 15- to 50-tonne spacecraft on a trajectory to the moon, said Liu Bing, deputy designer at the China Aerospace Science and Technology.