This was made possible by the relay satellite Queqiao (Magpie Bridge), which facilitated ... a sample of lunar soil from Beijing. Thus emerges China’s “moon diplomacy," following in the ...

For the first time in history, a space mission has touched down on the far side of the moon. China's Chang'e-4 probe landed in the the oldest and deepest basin on the moon's surface. Making the ...

China will select taikonauts for its first-ever manned moon landing mission from the current pool that has participated in spaceflight missions to the China Space Station, China's first astronaut ...