China's reusable space plane is circling Earth once again. The Shenlong ("Divine Dragon") spacecraft launched from Jiuquan ...

Welcome to Edition 8.30 of the Rocket Report! As I write this week’s edition, NASA’s Space Launch System rocket is undergoing ...

China has built 27,000 miles of high-speed rail — and now it’s applying that same scale and ambition to space. With its own ...

Photo released on June 11, 2021 by the China National Space Administration shows a selfie of China's first Mars rover Zhurong with the landing platform. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING -- China's first Mars ...

Elon Musk’s ambition to one day settle Mars appears to have taken a back seat for a rather nearer and more achievable goal – ...

Musk’s announcement comes as NASA plans to send four astronauts around the Moon on a crewed flyby in the Artemis II mission scheduled for this year, marking the first crewed deep-space flight in over ...

Elon Musk said Sunday that SpaceX is shifting its near-term priorities away from Mars and toward building what he described as a "self-growing city" on the moon, citing faster timelines and strategic ...

Elon Musk's SpaceX reportedly plans to focus on a return to the moon before pursuing its long-stated ambitions to reach Mars. SpaceX Shifts Focus From Mars To The Moon SpaceX has told investors it ...

China’s industrial enterprises had their first annual gain in profits since 2021, as producer deflation showed signs of easing in the wake of government efforts to curb excess competition and cut ...

To land on the right foot on the Red Planet, European engineers have been dropping a skeleton of the four-legged ExoMars descent module at various speeds and heights on simulated Martian surfaces. The ...

NASA's plans for Mars sample return are effectively cancelled as part of a bill approved by the U.S. Congress, ending efforts to collect Perseverance rover samples that could contain evidence of alien ...

Trade between the U.S. and China has been almost fully cut in half since its October 2021 peak. October is a significant month for U.S.-China trade because U.S. exports of soybeans to China typically ...